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I can't find my screwdriver - the one I use for working on computers.
Meanwhile, there is a problem on Molly's Math homework that goes like this:
Because I am frustrated over not being able to find my screwdriver, I can't figure out this problem AND I'm just getting angry at it for all sorts of reasons.
First, why are you asking me this? You OBVIOUSLY already have the answer, since you know how many kids are in the class AND you know that the number of boys versus girls is a ratio of four to one. Why are you wasting everyone's time with this question? I can not imagine a time in life - in ANY life other than the life of a pertson who makes up bullsh!t questions for 10-year-olds to answer - where I would be given this type of data and need to figure out the numbers that they already have.
Maybe it's that it's been presented as a "logic problem", despite the scenario being so illogical?
Yup, that's it. Instead of posing it as some Bridge Troll Riddle that I have to answer as part of his Questions Three or else in his stewpot 'tis where you'll find thee. Tricky Bridge Troll!
Because if I rewrite it into a practical question, I can work it out easily.
Meanwhile, there is a problem on Molly's Math homework that goes like this:
There are 45 kids in the Math Club. There are 4 times as many girls in the Math Club as there are Boys. How many Boys are in the Math Club? How many Girls? Explain your answer
Because I am frustrated over not being able to find my screwdriver, I can't figure out this problem AND I'm just getting angry at it for all sorts of reasons.
First, why are you asking me this? You OBVIOUSLY already have the answer, since you know how many kids are in the class AND you know that the number of boys versus girls is a ratio of four to one. Why are you wasting everyone's time with this question? I can not imagine a time in life - in ANY life other than the life of a pertson who makes up bullsh!t questions for 10-year-olds to answer - where I would be given this type of data and need to figure out the numbers that they already have.
Maybe it's that it's been presented as a "logic problem", despite the scenario being so illogical?
Yup, that's it. Instead of posing it as some Bridge Troll Riddle that I have to answer as part of his Questions Three or else in his stewpot 'tis where you'll find thee. Tricky Bridge Troll!
Because if I rewrite it into a practical question, I can work it out easily.
We need to make 45 donuts. We need there to be four times as many Chocolate Donuts as there are Plain Donuts. How many Chocolate and how many Plain do we need to make?
