6-year-old's homework goes viral for it's absurdly specific instruction: 'Be precise'

The world has advanced so much in knowledge that even kids today tackle challenging concepts. Unlike the simple homework of previous generations, today’s kids are already in advanced stages of learning. Reddit user u/Sufficent-Record695 shared their 6-year-old’s homework, which has left many adults stumped. The homework featured an image of a submarine (sub) sandwich divided into 4 parts by lines, shaped with carved edges and elongated.

The homework question asked, “Be precise. Has this sandwich been cut into equal shares? Tell us how you know.” The added pressure of “be precise” made the question difficult to answer for adults. The 6-year-old had already written, “No because the ends are curved and the middle is not.” This answer suggested that the curved ends contained less matter than the square middle portions. However, adults flooded the comments to figure out the precise answer.

Many were humorously disturbed by the need to be “precise.” u/PegasusTraverse shared a response, “The left center has 2341 more molecules of bread than right center... the meat ripped and most of it went to the left.” u/Wagsii wrote, “If this isn't the intended answer, then what is? Yes, because it's divided into equal parts?" u/secular_dance_crime wrote, “Expected him to give a mathematical proof in one sentence.” While many put their hands down and agreed that the 6-year-old was correct, others wanted to test their intellect. u/pinkcheese12 remarked, “3rd grade teacher here. This is correct. They are not equal.”

u/Sansnom1 added, “I am a teacher and if a kid wrote this I would either give the point or give a chance for the kid to explain himself better and will give the point if they understands the concept.” The education system has the kids and the adults in a chaotic frenzy trying to solve today's homework.

In a similar instance, a parent shared their little girl’s math homework. u/eastsideflaco wrote, "So yeah. My daughter said she needed help with her homework and this mystery number crap is about to make me lose it.” The attached homework was surely not one for the faint of heart. The question read, "Mr. Ruis gives his class clues about a 6-digit mystery number. The 3 is in a place that is 10 times greater than the place of the 0. The 1 is in a place that is 10 times less than the place of the 0. The 4 is in a place that is 10 times more than the place of the 3. The 9 is in a place that is 100 times less than the 1. The 2 is in a place that is 10 times more than the 9. What is Mr. Ruis' 6-digit mystery number?"

Several people offered ideas for the answer, but most were shocked that kids were solving such complex equations. u/SuperFaceTattoo wrote, “Honestly, I hadn’t ever seen this until I started my software engineering degree.” u/morningafterpizza exclaimed, “Is it bad that that question makes me feel stupid? Math was never my thing either.”