I’ll be the first to admit that math isn’t my strongest subject.
I’d even go as far as saying I’m pretty much innumerate (illiterate but for numbers – not a real word but go with it.)
With that being said, as a full-grown adult, I thought I would be able to figure out the ‘impossible’ year two maths question that’s doing the rounds on the internet right now.
But I was wrong. So, so wrong.
It turns out, I’m not in the minority here. Hundreds of fellow adults were also scratching their heads trying to solve the task, which has been deemed ‘unsolvable’ by many.
“Please help this mama out!”
It all started when a mom shared her child’s homework question to the r/askmath Reddit.
The question starts off by referencing a previous equation that read: “200 + 60 + 9 = 269.”
Seems simple, right?
But here’s where it gets tricky.
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