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Math homework
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Measurement homework in a math textbook... horribly out of scale.
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this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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I'd like to thank all the people that think the representations in math problems should be or are to scale for my quite impressive SAT scores, it helped a lot in my college admissions to have you all for comparison, and I slept through half of high school so I really needed that.
Most of the time, those who accept the lie will go farther in society. They're not just testing your scholastic aptitude, but also your compliance.
How many lights do you see, Picard?
Listen, it's math homework for a child.
It's larger, because they're still developing their motor control, and the actual, a child that does this is very likely to count each square with their finger.
There are plenty of reasons to show measurements out of scale. Larger print is easier to read. For literally, it's for children who's eyes are not yet fully developed it's important that things be larger and easier to see.
Not all printers are created equal, and these sheets are likely to be xeroxed repeatedly, larger than scale print makes it serviceable for much longer if you happen to lose the original.
The underpaid and over worried children's educator likely does not have the energy or the time to print this crap exactly to scale.
The scale is different every page, so it's not for finger size. It's a bound textbook that I assume was not picked by my child's teacher.
Am I allowed to be mildly infuriated if I blame capitalism for poor product quality?
4, but I can understand your confusion. You see the fifth light but don't realize the question is specifically about the interrogation lamps and not the ceiling light. I mean, it was very obvious, and this is is a cognitive test for children, but you know. I get it.
(Probably a rhetorical mistake to accidentally cast me in the role of Picard btw)
there are four lamps but you coming in here brightened my day so much it's five today interrogator
you... you were coming on to me right?
/unpicard
shit are you supposed to pronounce the slash?
kif?