Are you smarter than a fifth grader?

[Straight Shooter]

This is a math problem my 10 year old granddaughter brought home from school.
You have a pie. You take a slice that is one sixth of the pie. Your wife takes a slice that is one sixth of the rest. How much of the pie remains?

 

[FrogFire7]

69.5%

 

[Hela52]

If you take 1/6 of the pie, 5/6 remains. Next slice is 1/6 of 5/6, or 5/36. We have removed 1/6 = 6/36, plus another 5/36, so we're left with 25/36.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Great job gentlemen. Her parents couldn't figure it out. One has a degree in biochemistry and the other has a degree in microbiology.

 

[FrogFire7]

Yikes!

I likely wouldn't have been able to do it at 10. Math wasn't my strongest subject. But seems like her parents could have!

 

[KSB209]

What kind of pie is it? Is it warm? Does it come with ice cream?

 

[nmbarta]

All of the pie remains. Taking the slice only changes it's location, but it still remains.
That's how I liked to answer story problems in school.....My teachers loved me.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Great answer. Her six year old brother was asked on a test, "how do you know that 30 is less than 40"? His answer was classic. He replied, "I just used my head."

 

[FrogFire7]

Great answer. Her six year old brother was asked on a test, "how do you know that 30 is less than 40"? His answer was classic. He replied, "I just used my head."

LOL that's awesome!!!

 

[Straight Shooter]

Nmbarta, by the way, all of my children were born and went to grade school in Billings.

 

[Hela52]

Is the ice cream chocolate? vanilla? You're racist! Write about the feelings of the pie that didn't get picked.

 

[Straight Shooter]

We used neapolitan ice cream with the pie to ward off any racist leanings.

 

[LVJ76]

Yeah well some of us suck at math, but not when it comes to grains, barrel twists, and how much and MOA is worth on inches.

What drops in inches are in MOA and how many clicks those are worth, this math we can calculate in seconds. Oh yeah, this math we can master but not the one of a 10 yr old. Hilarious.