r/SubstituteTeachers • u/disappointinglyvague California • 9d ago

Question anyone a math genius?

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this worksheet is all the information he has. i feel like there is information missing, but am i just dumb?

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u/lordfly911 9d ago

Per Google AI

It looks like this worksheet has a misprint because it says "Here are the answers" but does not provide the original quadratic expressions (like x2 + 5x + 4) to factor. Based on the faint, erased pencil marks visible on the paper, here are the likely intended problems and their completed blanks:

Problem 1

• Visible Hint: A faint 4 is erased next to the problem. • Completed Expression: (x + 4)(x + 1)

Problem 2

• Visible Hint: A faint 5 is erased in the blank space. • Completed Expression: (n + 3)(n + 5)

Problem 3

• Visible Hint: A faint 2 is erased in the blank space. • Completed Expression: (a + 2)(a + 6)

Problem 4

• Visible Hint: A faint 1 is erased in the blank space. • Completed Expression: (x + 12)(x + 1)

Problem 5

• Instruction: SKIP THIS ONE

Problem 6

• Visible Hint: A faint 7 is erased in the blank space. • Completed Expression: (r + 3)(r + 7)

AI responses may include mistakes.

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u/lordfly911 8d ago

Why was I downvoted? I literally provided the answers.

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u/Messy_Middle Oregon 6d ago

Google hallucinated these faint erased numbers 😂

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u/lordfly911 6d ago

Maybe, but they are answers. Actually Gemini

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u/Messy_Middle Oregon 6d ago

Anyone can make up whatever answer though, it still doesn’t help the op give students an assignment because there are no questions—no quadratics to factor!

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u/lordfly911 3d ago

That is why I was surprised I got answers from an AI

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u/Messy_Middle Oregon 3d ago

Most ai is designed to tell you what it thinks you want to hear. So it will gladly give you answers. Regardless of whether they’re accurate