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Re:How Old Is Ann? by Jtarii on Thursday July 30, 2026 @10:26AM (#49110492)
This is more a test of reading comprehension than algebra. Figuring out what the questions is even trying to ask is like 90% of the question.
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Re:How Old Is Ann? by swiftcoder on Thursday July 30, 2026 @11:05AM (#49111108)
When I was that age, we practiced a lot of word problems. The folks who wrote the tests really favoured this kind of slightly underhanded logic
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Re:How Old Is Ann? by Jtarii on Thursday July 30, 2026 @11:32AM (#49111436)
They aren't allowed to make the mathematics too difficult so they make up for it by making the questions hard to understand.
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