Comment by Jtarii
8 hours ago
This is more a test of reading comprehension than algebra. Figuring out what the questions is even trying to ask is like 90% of the question.
8 hours ago
This is more a test of reading comprehension than algebra. Figuring out what the questions is even trying to ask is like 90% of the question.
When I was that age, we practiced a lot of word problems. The folks who wrote the tests really favoured this kind of slightly underhanded logic
They aren't allowed to make the mathematics too difficult so they make up for it by making the questions hard to understand.