‘I would fail fifth grade math’ A maths question for primary school pupils has left adults baffled. The tricky head-scratcher was shared on Reddit by a sibling who was left confused by his younger brother’s homework. The Reddit user wrote: “A test problem on my 5th-grade brother’s math exam. The question was all about working […]

2 years ago

Some of you might need to refresh your maths. The equation ‘550 ÷ 2 = 225’ has become a viral meme because people are shocked to learn that it’s incorrect. There will be two groups of people reading this now: those of you going ‘yes obviously it’s wrong, what’s the fuss?’ and those of you […]

3 years ago

Brought to you by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) Me fail maths? That’s unpossible… It’s safe to say our maths skills might have suffered a bit since our school days. And as it turns out, those long-forgotten equations can come in pretty handy when managing your finances. But if you’re not so savvy with […]

5 years ago

“But Sir, when are we ever going to use this in real life?” Right now, that’s when. School was a long time ago for most of us, but how much of that knowledge have you actually retained? The questions are all typical ones which might appear in the Junior Cert (yes, some of the currency is […]

7 years ago

There is a very surprising entry at the top of the list. Math! HUH! What is it good for? Absolutely nothi- Well… lots of things, really. And one of those things is figuring out who is most likely to die in the upcoming and final season of Game Of Thrones. We’ve got less than a […]

8 years ago

You’re a long way away from Busy At Maths 6 now, kid… When it comes to school exams, maths is probably one of the greatest sources of anxiety for most people. So, can you imagine opening up a maths paper only to see this: Yes, you’d think getting maths questions in Chinese was hard enough, […]

8 years ago