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New York Post
23-05-2025
- General
- New York Post
Dad stumped by 10-year-old son's math homework: ‘Must be missing something'
A confused dad has been left stumped by his 10-year-old son's math homework, so he's turned to the internet for help. The American father took to Reddit after being left puzzled by a multiple-choice question given to his primary school-aged child. While there are four different 'answers' to choose from, the concerned dad noted there 'must be missing something' from the equation, as none of the options appeared to be correct. 'This particular question was in my son's math homework from the other day,' he wrote. 'They reviewed the answers in class today, and apparently the answer was A.' 5 A confused dad has been left stumped by his 10-year-old son's math homework, so he's turned to the internet for help. deagreez – The question that has him, and everyone else, scratching their heads was this: Kayla has 18 bottles of bubbles. She wants to give two bottles to each of her six friends. How many bottles will she have left over? Kids then had the option of four expressions and were challenged to identify the one that 'solves the problem.' It read: A) (18 divide 2) divide 6, B) (18 divide 2) + 6, C) (18 x 2) – 6, or D) (18 x 2) + 6. 5 The question that has him scratching his head was this: 'Kayla has 18 bottles of bubbles. She wants to give two bottles to each of her six friends. How many bottles will she have left over?' Reddit/News AU But as the dad, who said he was 'curious how they came to this answer' – pointed out, 'none of the options seemed right as I was expecting it to be 18 – (6 × 2).' Some people rushed to the comments section to try and work out the answer, but most agreed there was an issue with the options provided. 'I think it's more likely a typo or misprint. If they swapped the subtraction and multiplication sign and moved the parentheses on answer choice C, then: (18 x 2) – 6 could become 18 – (2 x 6),' one said. 'You're correct, the teacher is wrong. If you simplify A, you get 1.5, which doesn't make any sense in the context of the problem,' mused another. 5 But as the dad, who said he was 'curious how they came to this answer' – pointed out, 'none of the options seemed right as I was expecting it to be 18 – (6 × 2).' vchalup – While one simply said, 'Seems that A is wrong to me, too.' Some tried to make it work, but struggled. 'Really twisting my brain here to make sense of A being correct, but here goes: if you divide 18 bottles by 2, you get 9 bottles in two separate piles. Now, give one bottle from each pile to all 6 friends. The result would be 3 bottles left in two separate piles, or 6 leftover bottles total. Gymnastics,' declared one. 5 Some people rushed to the comments section to try and work out the answer, but most agreed there was an issue with the options provided. Tatiana Cheremukhina – 'A, if they are supposed to use Euclidean divisions (18/2 = she has 9 batches of 2, 9/6 => 1 and remainder is 3),' tried another. While one described it as 'bad logic', but gave it a stab anyway. 'This is the only way I can get any of the answer choices (and it is A) – I'm not saying it's correct, only wanted to explain their (wrong) logic: 'She's splitting the 18 bottles into sets of 2; that's 18 / 2. Then, she's splitting those sets of 2 among her 6 friends. 5 'A, if they are supposed to use Euclidean divisions (18/2 = she has 9 batches of 2, 9/6 => 1 and remainder is 3),' tried another person in the comments. olly – 'That's why you divide by 6 next. That leaves you with A. But as everyone here has said, you and your son are correct. The worksheet is wrong.' Eventually, the child decided to expose the issue with the question, writing: 'None, 18 – (6 x 2).' The father later returned to update everyone, stating, 'The worksheet is indeed wrong.' 'I did talk with the teacher, and they went over it in class together. The teacher mentioned none of the answers were right and what my son came up with was correct,' he shared.
Daily Mirror
16-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Missing cop's last word before vanishing - with only his surfboard found
Popular police officer Jay Notaro, from Australia, disappeared earlier this year, with his surfboard and car being the only things located. His close friend shared the last thing he said to her A close friend to a police officer who vanished into thin air has revealed the final conversation she had with him before he was declared missing. Popular cop Jay Notaro, from Queensland, Australia, disappeared off the coast of Broken Head Beach in Byron Bay, just one day after his 45th birthday. His loved ones were left in mourning after the cop vanished on March 25. His surfboard was discovered with the leg rope attached at the beach - with his car being located a mere 500 metres away in the car park. Dozens of theories have emerged, but there is still no concrete answer as to what happened to him. On Friday, a heartfelt memorial service was held by Queensland Police in Brisbane, where his friend Claire Campbell spoke about her last words with Mr Notaro. She had phoned him to sing happy birthday, before forwarding videos of her two sons playing touch footy, a type of league rugby, reports News AU. Mr Notaro, who played for the Queensland Police Service Rugby League side, responded to the footage with one word. His pal revealed: 'Jay's last ever text message in response to those clips was just one word: 'FLYING!!' 'The next day, we learned that Jay too, was flying sky high, heaven-bound to rest in peace forevermore." She added: "And just as we said to Jay at the end of that birthday call, the last call that he ever answered today we say Jay, we love you. We miss you.' QPS Chaplin Jeff Baills, who led the service, said: 'I have heard many scenarios, reasons, hypotheses, explanations, as to why this happened. What we do know that happened is where his Apple watch last pinged and where his surfboard was found. Everything else is speculation. We may never actually know for certain how this happened.'
