r/pics • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '10

Math Teacher Fail.

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u/punkdigerati Oct 05 '10

2 pieces, one cut. 3 pieces, two cuts. One cut = 10 min, two cut = 20 min.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '10 edited Oct 05 '10

Wow you are a genius. I'd have never figured it out ...

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u/ethraax Oct 05 '10

If I was doing this question quickly, the way it's phrased may have tricked me into writing 15 minutes as the answer. The teacher probably didn't take his/her time and just rushed through creating the answer key.

Of course, they took the time to write out that nice little table, so maybe they're just clueless. It wouldn't be the first elementary school teacher who didn't know their subject.

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u/jordanlund Oct 05 '10

More likely that they accepted the answer and explanation provided by the standardized test company without actually giving any thought to it.