Parents struggle to solve this incredibly tricky maths question that is designed for SIX-YEAR-OLDS… but can YOU get the answer?

BAFFLED parents have taken to social media to ask others if every child’s maths homework is THIS difficult.

The Holderness family shared a snap of the mind-boggling problem online yesterday, which was handed out to a class of six-year-olds.

The tricky question reads: The picture shows some letters that are arranged in a pattern. Use the key to find the missing letter.”

After hours of debate in the comment section of the picture, maths whizz Jamie Nantz was on hand to provide the answer.

He explained: “It is a complex math question that requires you to substitute the letters with numbers.

“You take the value of the S, B, and G and add them to get 40.

“Then you subtract the values of B and P from 40.

“That leaves a difference of 14, which is letter J. It all has to do with getting children to think in complex ways.”

Even though the maths problem left most Facebook users confused, the majority of parents were in agreement that the homework was not appropriate for six-year-olds.

One critic said: “What purpose does this serve in life? What happened to normal maths homework.”

Another asked: “Whatever happened to just adding with your fingers and carrying the one?”

Following the criticism, the Holderness family responded that the tricky question was placed at the end of the paper to challenge the bright kids in the American 1st grade class.

They said: “FYI, this was the final page on a 7 page sheet, the previous 6 pages were a much more normal level. I don’t think the teacher expects everyone to get this, I think it was meant to be a problem that would challenge the children, so for that reason I think it’s great that our school included it!”

It’s not the first time that maths tests have swept the web due to their astounding difficulty.

In November, a Facebook maths riddle left many dumbfounded when it asked challengers to figure out just how much the pictured burger and beers were worth.

It followed another puzzle that drove internet users up the wall by asking them to solve values of a particular shape.