Dad stumped by 10-year-old sons math homework: Must be missing something

A confused dad has been left stumped by his 10-year-old son’s math homework, so he’s turned to the internet for help.The American father took to Reddit after being left puzzled by a multiple-choice question given to his primary school-aged child.While there are four different “answers” to choose from, the concerned dad noted there “must be missing something” from the equation, as none of the options appeared to be correct.“This particular question was in my son’s math homework from the other day,” he wrote.“They reviewed the answers in class today, and apparently the answer was A.”The question that has him, and everyone else, scratching their heads was this: Kayla has 18 bottles of bubbles.She wants to give two bottles to each of her six friends.

How many bottles will she have left over?Kids then had the option of four expressions and were challenged to identify the one that “solves the problem.”It read: A) (18 divide 2) divide 6, B) (18 divide 2) + 6, C) (18 x 2) – 6, or D) (18 x 2) + 6.But as the dad, who said he was “curious how they came to this answer” – pointed out, “none of the options seemed right as I was expecting it to be 18 – (6 × 2).”Some people rushed to the comments section to try and work out the answer, but most agreed there was an issue with the options provided.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.

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Never miss a story.“I think it’s more likely a typo or misprint.

If they swapped the subtraction and multiplication sign and moved the parentheses on answer choice C, then: (18 x 2) – 6 could become 18 – (2 x 6),” one said.“You’re correct, the teacher is wrong.If you simplify A, you get 1.5, which doesn’t make any sense in the context of the problem,” mused another.While one simply said, “See...