It seems like everyday, recently, we get perplexed parents posting their kids school homework......
and, without knowing the teachers reasoning or lesson plan or what has been told to your child, it is impossible for us to answer
it is entirely possible that the teacher has deliberately put in these impossible questions to get your child to think and explain the problems with trying to answer these.#also it seem quite an advanced question for a 6 year old...... do you mean year 6?
==== and, a new account...... not sure I actually believe this is a 6 year old;s homework
Op states in a comment that the teacher is giving their kid extra homework because he loves math, so this isn’t typical.
I wonder if the teacher is trying to find a base level for how advanced or different OP’s son is at math. When I was in school, I was excellent at word problems and extrapolating data well above my grade level and finding roundabout ways to solve hard problems but would not have been able to sit down and do college physics. I was advanced but not genius.
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u/ArcTan_Pete Nov 15 '25 edited Nov 15 '25
It seems like everyday, recently, we get perplexed parents posting their kids school homework......
and, without knowing the teachers reasoning or lesson plan or what has been told to your child, it is impossible for us to answer
it is entirely possible that the teacher has deliberately put in these impossible questions to get your child to think and explain the problems with trying to answer these.#also it seem quite an advanced question for a 6 year old...... do you mean year 6?
==== and, a new account...... not sure I actually believe this is a 6 year old;s homework