Are you clever enough?
We recently challenged you to see how well you could remember your Junior Cert maths exam, and it turns out, people found it difficult to remember what they learned in school.
Well, if you’re feeling bad about your performance in that quiz, you may not want to look at the question below which has been bamboozling the internet.
The only instructions for those attempting to solve it are:
“Read the question carefully. Write the correct answers in the space given. Marks will be awarded for correct answers. No marks wil be deducted for any wrong answers.
“Study the number pattern. Fill in the missing numbers.”
Apparently, this math question appeared in an exam for Grade Ones in Singapore. Lets see who can solve it.
NdooSTEM ka Jonso @ProfJNMoyo 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/uhgQAzaHei— mmatigari (@matigary) May 17, 2017
Have another look at it… because we couldn’t make head nor tail of it.
We’re not sure there’s actually a solution to the above problem, but if we’re wrong, do let us know.
Not to worry, brought to our attention by Indy100, the Western Australia police are investigating and believe they’ve found an answer to the question.
They seem to think that there was a misprint on the test, and there should actually be a ’20’ rather than a ‘2’ in the question.
15+3+0=18 0+3+7=10 7+3+2=12. 2+3+15=20 pic.twitter.com/phFJbUCc6o
— WA Police Force (@WA_Police) May 20, 2017
Perhaps there was something more sinister at work here… and someone wanted everyone to be confused.
Looks like something has been airbrushed out from next to the two. Probably a 0 pic.twitter.com/8drIMN1NPK
— Ewan (@ewan1877) May 18, 2017
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