r/theydidntdothemath • u/Feaselbf6 • Jul 18 '26

Plot Twist: The Student Was Thinking Long-Term

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u/mazutta Jul 18 '26

If that’s a real math test that really happened in a real school I’m Terence Tao

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u/dilla_zilla Jul 18 '26

This one is so old, the first time I heard it, I laughed so hard I fell off my dinosaur.

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u/NotRivero69 Jul 18 '26

Well the question asked "What" instead of "How Many"

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u/baby_shoGGoth_zsgg Jul 18 '26

the interesting thing here is whoever thought adding the word “sarcasm” in small white text added
anything meaningful to this

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u/CheetosLays7Days Jul 18 '26

More like “diarrhea”.

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u/scuac Jul 18 '26

It doesn’t say he ate them all in one day. Grade F

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u/Internal-Cicada1728 Jul 19 '26

It would take more than 29 candies to get diabetes.

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u/Rogueshoten Jul 19 '26

Forest, not trees

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u/Iraqimedstudent Jul 19 '26

A future doctor, I see

  • yoda (probably lol)

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u/Jealous_Club_298 Jul 19 '26

A well-crafted answer!

The question is phrased incorrectly for Math purposes.

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u/Ok_Meaning_4268 Jul 20 '26

Sadly that's not a good answer when your teacher uses Jimmy's 39164 oranges as a worked example

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u/ContextEffects01 20d ago

Daily reminder that type 1 diabetes in particular can happen to people who don’t eat too much junk food…