#learnmath — Public Fediverse posts

“If Sasha needs 10 minutes to saw through a wooden plank twice, how long does it take Sasha to saw the plank into 3 pieces (assume everything else stays the same)?”
#learnmath #mathskills

The purpose of a question like that is not to test your skill at calculating. Instead, it tests your reading abilities:
- can you grasp the language?
- did you fall for the trick question?
- do you understand how the trick works, so you can avoid falling for it next time?

#readingcomprehension matters.