#cherylsbirthday - are you smarter than a 5th grader (in Singapore)? (1 Viewer)

[El Floppo]

my 3yo solved this.

 

[Van Dyman]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

 

[El Floppo]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

I'm thinking the same thing. My older kid is in 2nd grade public school... questions aren't as tricky as this, but same idea.

 

[Van Dyman]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

I'm thinking the same thing. My older kid is in 2nd grade public school... questions aren't as tricky as this, but same idea.

Thanks. I was wondering if schools had removed these from their curricula or something. It sounds like they haven't. We did tons of puzzles exactly like that when I was a kid. People are acting like they've never seen or heard of it.

 

[El Floppo]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

I'm thinking the same thing. My older kid is in 2nd grade public school... questions aren't as tricky as this, but same idea.

Thanks. I was wondering if schools had removed these from their curricula or something. It sounds like they haven't. We did tons of puzzles exactly like that when I was a kid. People are acting like they've never seen or heard of it.

I'm thinking that it's become a *thing* because this IS what math is for kids now- not a puzzle thrown in on the side. they just don't do rote/repetitvie work the way we did- it's all problem solving, logic-based stuff.

kid should be starting multiplication soon- really curious how that will work without them memorizing the multiplication tables.

 

[Bruce Dickinson]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

It was misplaced outrage. It wasn't the puzzle itself, but the story around it - see the first two paragraphs of the OP in this thread, very little of which is true - that fueled the fire.

 

[Parrothead]

my 3yo solved this.

big deal.. my cat solved this, and she is dumb

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

It was misplaced outrage. It wasn't the puzzle itself, but the story around it - see the first two paragraphs of the OP in this thread, very little of which is true - that fueled the fire.

I've not seen any outrage, but haven't followed it other than the Atlantic article I saw today. Some of the most popular threads on this board have been logic puzzles - Monty Hall, two kids, and suicidal monks. This one seems less challenging than those, but more challenging than what I remember from my youth.

 

[Van Dyman]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

It was misplaced outrage. It wasn't the puzzle itself, but the story around it - see the first two paragraphs of the OP in this thread, very little of which is true - that fueled the fire.

I've not seen any outrage, but haven't followed it other than the Atlantic article I saw today. Some of the most popular threads on this board have been logic puzzles - Monty Hall, two kids, and suicidal monks. This one seems less challenging than those, but more challenging than what I remember from my youth.

CNN is calling it the math equivalent of "what color is that dress." Apparently cheryl has the whole internet "twisted into knots".

Misplaced something, definitely. Outrage might be the wrong word but Bruce summed it up pretty well.

 

[bigbottom]

Why has this thing taken on a twitter life of its own? Every kid does a bunch of these in grade school, puzzles exactly like that one. So what's the big deal here. Why is THIS ONE getting attention? Nothing special about it, right?

It was misplaced outrage. It wasn't the puzzle itself, but the story around it - see the first two paragraphs of the OP in this thread, very little of which is true - that fueled the fire.

I've not seen any outrage, but haven't followed it other than the Atlantic article I saw today. Some of the most popular threads on this board have been logic puzzles - Monty Hall, two kids, and suicidal monks. This one seems less challenging than those, but more challenging than what I remember from my youth.

Less challenging than Monty Hall? That one takes all of about five seconds of thought.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Thanks a lot, Cheryl.

 

[Otis]

i have not looked this up, but it seems easy enough...

Spoiler

Albert says he knows Bernard doesn't know the right answer. That rules out May and June. Those are ruled out because they have unique numbers - 18 & 19. That is the only way Albert can say that with any confidence. That leaves the options of July & August. Bernard says he knows the answer now. That rules out July 14 & August 14 because he wouldn't know the answer now if it was 1 of those. That leaves 3 dates. July 16, August 15 & August 17. Bernard then says he knows the answer. The only way he could know would be if it is July 16 because August has 2 dates.

So the answer = July 16

correct?

This is where I came out too.

 

[Jayrok]

What is the mathematical formula for this?

 

[Van Dyman]

What is the mathematical formula for this?

10-9

 

[Captain Quinoa]

What is the answer if she tells Albert the day and Bernard the month but the statements below remain exactly the same?

 

[bigbottom]

What is the answer if she tells Albert the day and Bernard the month but the statements below remain exactly the same?

June 17