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6yo math

Posted on June 17th, 2008 by kimc

Becca was doing her math and came across this story problem:

I have 7 pencils.

I want 16 pencils.

How many more pencils do I need?

Her answer?  None.  Why would anybody need more pencils when they already have 7?

Good girl.  But I did scratch out the word need and replace it with want, then required her to finish the problem.

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6 Responses to “6yo math”

  1. Sheila, on June 17th, 2008 at 2:12 pm Said:

    That girl deserves ice cream out! And, the 16 unneeded pencils.

  2. Kristi, on June 17th, 2008 at 2:50 pm Said:

    LOL, that’s really cute. :-)

  3. Lelir, on June 17th, 2008 at 4:15 pm Said:

    Super-nice girl!!!

  4. Leanne Gilchrist, on June 17th, 2008 at 4:21 pm Said:

    Ha, that’s the way my 13 y/o son answered his math problems this year, with answers such as, why do you need to know, or in the case above, he’d have said, a lot more pencils! Or he’d have said, I don’t need anymore, I’m happy with the ones I have!

    Genius!

    Thanks for sharing.

    Leanne

  5. Sharon, on June 17th, 2008 at 8:15 pm Said:

    Cute! Here the problem would be “I had 7 pencils and now I only have one, where are all the other pencils?”

    I’m still working on solving that problem, lol.

  6. KimC(too!), on June 17th, 2008 at 8:55 pm Said:

    That is so funny! Today I was grading my second graders work and he had something very similar, I just love kids:-) Bless you as you near the end of your pregnancy…

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