This 5th grade math test question stumped the parents of those kids that took it....

[Double Deuce Dawg]

Ken read 30 pages of a book on Monday.
He then read 1/8 of the book on Tuesday.
He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday.

How many pages were in the book?

If adults can't solve this problem within 3 minutes, they are too stupid to breed IMHO.

 

[SLC_Dawg]

48

 

[DawgWCK]

Ken read 30 pages of a book on Monday.
He then read 1/8 of the book on Tuesday.
He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday.

How many pages were in the book?

If adults can't solve this problem within 3 minutes, they are too stupid to breed IMHO.

It took me 4 or 5 minutes to get the 5/8x=30, so I’m calling you out on the last paragraph, but there maybe some truth to it, just done remind me…

 

[Whosyodawgy]

I was going to use my calculator but couldn't figure out how to do the 5/8X.
Just squeaked in under 3 minutes by doing it in my head like I should have from the start. 😁

 

[SLC_Dawg]

Took me about a minute to read it carefully, and reread it, and decide if I would do it. I hate word problems. Alway have. Then I changed 1/4 and 1/8 to a common denominator, got 3/8s, and that leaves 5/8 was 30 pages, 30 divided by 5 was 6, 48 pages. Took about 1:15 for the whole thing. And 15 seconds to proof before I posted. I’m not bragging, I’m just at the end of a very math based career. I’m sure you could smoke me if it were any more difficult, but it does bring up the way we were taught. I went to parochial school in Boston and we had word problem algebra in 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

if a train left Chicago a 9:15, traveling 70 mph, and one left NYC at 10:30 . . . I hate them.

 

[Mike_the_Dawg]

Just tried to do while on a conference call and too much damn talking in the background was distracting me. then accidently saw the answer so who knows if I would have solved it lol...... Can you imagine if answering a question like this was a prerequisite to voting?

 

[FivePtsDawg]

Ken read 30 pages of a book on Monday.
He then read 1/8 of the book on Tuesday.
He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday.

How many pages were in the book?

If adults can't solve this problem within 3 minutes, they are too stupid to breed IMHO.

Guess I'm glad I'm done "breeding" already- ha!

 

[boomer79]

Pretty tough for 5th grade but it’s fairly straight forward.

 

[Zonadog]

Took me about a minute to read it carefully, and reread it, and decide if I would do it. I hate word problems. Alway have. Then I changed 1/4 and 1/8 to a common denominator, got 3/8s, and that leaves 5/8 was 30 pages, 30 divided by 5 was 6, 48 pages. Took about 1:15 for the whole thing. And 15 seconds to proof before I posted. I’m not bragging, I’m just at the end of a very math based career. I’m sure you could smoke me if it were any more difficult, but it does bring up the way we were taught. I went to parochial school in Boston and we had word problem algebra in 6th, 7th and 8th grades.

if a train left Chicago a 9:15, traveling 70 mph, and one left NYC at 10:30 . . . I hate them.

Very fitting problem for a 5th grader because they would have just learned how to solve for 5/8x=30. Next step is x=30*(8/5). By the time that same kid gets to high school, they might or might not remember how.

See how you like this one (not a word problem). Saw it on Twitter Last night.
Solve the last item in the list.

9 --> 90
8 --> 72
7 --> 56
6 --> 42
3 --> ???

 

[boomer79]

12

 

[Chopdawg75]

Ken read 30 pages of a book on Monday.
He then read 1/8 of the book on Tuesday.
He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday.

How many pages were in the book?

If adults can't solve this problem within 3 minutes, they are too stupid to breed IMHO.

Doesn't say if the book has pictures.

 

[blackpug6]

Ken read 30 pages of a book on Monday.
He then read 1/8 of the book on Tuesday.
He completed the remaining 1/4 of the book on Wednesday.

How many pages were in the book?

If adults can't solve this problem within 3 minutes, they are too stupid to breed IMHO.

it wasn't "War and Peace"