Maths lecturer shares his seven-year-old daughter’s VERY tricky homework – and not even he can work it out
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A STUMPED dad has shared his seven-year-old daughter's maths homework online after he failed to help solve it - despite being a maths lecturer himself.
Dr Kit Yates, author of the book and co-director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at Bath University, shared the tricky question on Twitter and others were confused too.
He told the publication: "I am in a fortunate position that meant I felt I could be used this as an opportunity to talk to my daughter about how the answer could be either true or false depending on your understanding of 'angle'."
But he admitted not all parents or even teachers would "have the time" to explain this at great length.
He said it's "actually a really deep and thought-provoking question" and could be used in school to "spark conversations about infinity, tangents, calculus and many more interesting mathematical concepts."
But agreed that the question probably isn't best suited for a seven-year-old's homework question - particularly while homeschooling.
Meanwhile, this primary school student spots glaring error in homework question and gives absolutely savage answer.
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