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People Are Scratching Their Heads Over This Simple Maths Problem, Try To Solve It

Mathematics is a subject that takes everyone to an adventurous ride. It isn’t exactly like riding a bike. You cannot take it for a turn after leaving it alone for years. Here is an interesting question that was placed on a standardized test for kid’s ages 6 to 7 in the UK. A group of parents was outraged to discover the question and scratching their heads to find an answer to it.

The question read: “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?”

Louise Bloxham from England posted the above picture of a math problem on Twitter with the caption, “Have you seen this one? Year 2!!”

After trying to answer the question, many agreed Louise stating that it’s too complicated for 6-7-year-old children to answer. Twitterati tried to solve the problem and replied with their own answers like 46, 65 and so on.

People, who didn’t get the answer, don’t feel that we are insulting your intelligence, it is very simple. Here’s how you solve it.

The actual answer is 65. If 65 people are on the train, and 19 people get off, there are then 46 people on the train. Then 17 people get on the train, making the total 63 people. Here started a debate about the level of difficulty for kids to answer the problem. The post has since been deleted.

The photo was picked up by the Parents Against Primary Testing Facebook page. They stated the “published answer” for the problem was 65, but the Internet users don’t seem convinced.

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