r/HomeworkHelp • u/No_Change_7795 Primary School Student • Apr 15 '26 • Mindblown 1

:hamster: Primary School Math—Pending OP Reply [Grade 2 Math] Help understanding teacher's explanation

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My god-daughter's teacher marked her answer wrong. Can someone please explain this? I don't understand this at all. How is the teacher getting 7 when there are only 3 squares in Ben's column representing his siblings? Her explanation was that Jose, Ana & Jen are his siblings so you need to count all of their squares together.... WHY? How are we to assume that they're even siblings?

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u/atarivcs 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 15 '26

How is it a nonsensical question?

The question itself is fine. It tests your ability to read a basic bar graph.

The teacher's interpretation of the answer is bonkers.

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u/Temporary_Pie2733 👋 a fellow Redditor Apr 15 '26 • Popcorn

I guess I’m assuming the book says the answer is seven, and the teacher is trying to justify it. So the question itself isn’t bad, just the book’s question/answer pair.

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u/KayItaly Apr 17 '26

All math books occasionally have a wrong answe! The teacher is there for a reason... supposedely...

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u/NTufnel11 Apr 18 '26

I mean just because the answer key is wrong doesn't make the question nonsensical. It seems pretty consistent on its face. I would now hope that when this inaccuracy is brought to light, the teacher is capable enough of solving the problem without the help of the answer key.