Is it the FLUORIDE? Today’s humans are so dumbed down, they can’t solve sixth grade word problems based on simple addition
by: Daniel Barker
NaturalNews.com
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Judging from what one runs across on the internet, it’s easy to believe that something must be dumbing down the populace, as a recent Daily Mail piece humorously illustrated.
The Mail published a Tweet from a mother which involved a math question given to year 2 students – one the mom felt was too difficult for children as young as six years old to be expected to solve.
Here is the question:
“There were some people on a train. 19 people get off the train at the first stop. 17 people get on the train. Now there are 63 people on the train. How many people were on the train to begin with?”
Admittedly, this puzzle might be somewhat advanced for an average six-year-old, but it shouldn’t be that hard for an adult, since it requires only some very basic addition and subtraction skills.
If you guessed the answer to be 65, you are correct!
“The correct answer is in fact 65, which you arrive at by subtracting the 17 people who just boarded from the current number of passengers, 63, to get 46. Then you add the 19 passengers who got off to arrive at 65.”
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