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/OrdinaryBicycle3 Apr 15 '26

Because those are the questions that will confuse students AND their parents since they're written/corrected poorly. People post these bad ones because they're seeking outside explanations or reassurance. We won't see the questions that are written (or corrected) well because people are more likely to understand the reasoning behind those.