[Misc] Maths question

[Gabbafella]

It's really badly written, but I agree with everyone else that the answer is 24°.
I'd like to see the workings for their incorrect answer.

 

[schmunk]

OK, we've solved that one. Next?

5. What colour is this dress?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

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add .4 degress onto this

The question setter has adapted the question but added 4 not .4 silly sausage

 

[Peteinblack]

 

[zefarelly]

was is now.

Is the answer a good album title ?

 

[KZNSeagull]

There could be an argument that the answer is 39 (ie it has risen 11 degrees above 28), but I do not see how it can be 29.

 

[GT49er]

Indeed.


The answer given is 29. Now for the last hour a lot of work colleagues, Asahi UK, have looked at it and my daughter, a teacher and we believe not only is it a badly written question the answer is wrong, unless we are all missing something.

Regardless of how badly the question is worded, 29 is the wrong answer!

 

[amexer]

Somebody please tell me How did they arrive at 29

 

[beorhthelm]

OK, we've solved that one. Next?

5. What colour is this dress?

24 degrees

 

[bardo]

GCSE Maths dumb-down?

 

[Doonhamer7]

Apart from being badly written, if it was as a creativity of thought question it is a good question. In life you get lots of irrelevant facts, so the answer is ignore them and google the answer and find temperature (but Australia is a continent sized country so there is no one answer). Mathematically it is poor, doesn’t state when the coldest time was, is the temperature rise linear, when is now etc, what are weather factors (is it cloudy, storm front, wind)

 

[studio150]

Somebody please tell me How did they arrive at 29

Gavin Williamson set the question and provided the answer.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

OK, we've solved that one. Next?

5. What colour is this dress?

The Black Rabbit in Arundel.

 

[lawros left foot]

Calling [MENTION=420]sydney[/MENTION], how hot is it outside, Cobber?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Somebody please tell me How did they arrive at 29

My work colleague lives near Leeds and his son goes to the local school. So it's upt'north this is probably the answer. As he said they always add 4 degrees to the actual weather as it's grim up there.

 

[Jim D]

It's definitely 24 unless it's a catch question for you to google the current temparature now, in which case the teacher is an arse.

Yes, but is there a bit at the bottom that says 'Questions set by Diane Abbott'?

 

[withdeanwombat]

28 - 15 + 11 = 24.

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Yes, but if they’ve done the 15+11 bit first () it becomes 28-26, so the answer is 2 sheets of sandpaper.

 

[GT49er]

Actually, looking at it again, it's a grammatical error. 'Was' (past tense) can't be used in that context with 'now'.(present tense) - so it's either 'What is the temperature now' - in which case the answer is google it (unless you are in Sydney and have a thermometer), or - as it should have been, 'What was the temperature THEN'! .............. which would have been fine.




... but the answer still wouldn't be bloody 29 though!

 

[Stat Brother]

Well lush

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[schmunk]

Actually, looking at it again, it's a grammatical error. 'Was' (past tense) can't be used in that context with 'now'.(present tense) - so it's either 'What is the temperature now' - in which case the answer is google it (unless you are in Sydney and have a thermometer), or - as it should have been, 'What was the temperature THEN'! .............. which would have been fine.




... but the answer still wouldn't be bloody 29 though!

It was a bigger error than that - it was supposed to read "Think of a number..."