Singapore public school 1st grade math question.

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  2. Chinatown

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    This math question appeared in an exam for Grade One in Singapore. Lets see who can solve it.
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    Its hard to cheat when the answer is under the post...

    I was about to figure it out. Then i scrolled down a bit. Dang it.
     
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    It takes discipline not to peek.
     
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    So, Im still too tired to do math. But for fun I texted wife the picture while she was on the phone with me. She looked at it for about 2 seconds and said she didn't understand the question. I explained the "three circles around each quarter have to equal the number in that quarter and can't use any number more than once".....

    She looked at it for about 1 second more and said she got it and told me the answer.

    Wife is Korean. Makes sense. First grade....
     
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    Korean. Do you know why Korean women are highly prized in the scientific world for jobs such as seperating DNA from cells and other intricate things like that? Because they're so adept with their fingers from using stainless or metal chopsticks all their life. Think about it; that makes sense. I tried using stainless steel chopsticks and would starve to death if my life depended on using them. Try picking up a oily BB with a stainless steel chopstick.
    My wife is the same with math. They do math entirely different in most Asian schools. Get the same answer but much faster.
     
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    Fair. I'm actually way better with chopsticks that she is lol. But that's from me using them for a long time as well.
    She's ridiculous with math. Also, does nothing math related whatsoever. Ever.
     
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    Math seems to run in their DNA. I can use wooden chopsticks, but not stainless steel ones.
     
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