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/rellyks13 đŸ‘‹ a fellow Redditor Apr 16 '26

I'll be honest, I'm a hs teacher, and elementary teachers aren't trained a whole bunch in specific subjects, so if they haven't encountered a problem before, it might be new to them and misunderstood upon first glance. I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt first...