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

Today's kids are tackling more complex concepts than ever before, with homework that often challenges adults too. What used to be simple tasks have evolved into something much more advanced. Reddit user u/Sufficient-Record695 shared their 6-year-old's homework, and it left many adults scratching their heads. The assignment showed a submarine sandwich divided into four parts, with curved ends and elongated shapes.

The question read, “Be precise. Has this sandwich been cut into equal shares? Tell us how you know.” The demand for precision stumped many adults trying to figure it out. The 6-year-old's answer was, “No because the ends are curved and the middle is not.” This clever response hinted that the curved ends might contain less than the middle. Meanwhile, adults flooded the comments to debate the exact solution.

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.”

This article originally appeared 4 months ago.