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[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are three problems I had with word problems in school. Not every problem applied to every word problem.

  1. "This is way too vague."

  2. "Why would someone buy 35 apples and 23 oranges?"

  3. "Why would the person in the problem want to try to figure this problem out? It's completely unrelated to what they were doing."

I get the point was for us to be able to convert information given in a text format into something we can actually solve, but the word problems were usually situations you'd never realistically find yourself in in real life.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think 2 and 3 are the same problem.

[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, 2 is more "why are they buying this many", and 3 is more "why would this person want to figure out some random thing that popped into their head about this".

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Okay, concerning 2 I thought you meant, why count and buy exactly this number. But it's actually realistic, for a big family, or for desserts for a party, etc.