Children's maths problem is leaving people outraged
Can you figure out the answer to this seemingly "easy" conundrum?
Whether you are still in school or not, we've got an interesting little maths problem we would like you to solve.
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Every now and again the internet collectively loses its mind as users are split into teams because of something that has been posted and that has gone viral.
Are you team black and blue dress or white and gold?
Are you team more wheels than doors in the world or more doors than wheels?
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Now the latest internet craze that has bamboozled and divided the masses is a simple maths problem.
Although as it turns out, it's not as easy as it seems:
Jah know start diss a hurt mi head pic.twitter.com/ptYFtS9DSx
— Minister of Foolishness 🇯🇲 🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@yawdmontweet) June 21, 2023
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While you may be looking at this and already have an answer in your head.
Seems simple enough right? Wrong!
As it turns out not everyone agrees on what the correct answer is and it's created a clear divide amongst internet users. And some people have not held back when expressing their anger about this dilemma.
Truthfully, I did not expect people to arrive at different answers to this. https://t.co/lnXh6j2dTo
— Adley Duncan (@DuncanAdley) June 22, 2023
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One of the main arguments is that it has to be A because of how time moves on:
Alright lemme see if I can break this down:
— Stonerrichie (@Stonerrichie1) June 22, 2023
A-11:55Am(12 hours and 5 mins to midnight)
B-12:06Am(23 hours and 54 mins to midnight)
C-11:50am(12 hours and ten mins to midnight)
D-12:03Am(23 hours and 57mins to midnight)
Hence the answer is A
People choosing A https://t.co/q5yhbG4H8K pic.twitter.com/S4LosicmKT
— EL Dunce (@andrebelenkz) June 22, 2023
While others are saying that clearly doesn't matter because it's just about the smallest number difference which means the answer is D:
Time nuh work backwards...we literally learnt this in school... read the question again.
— Brit_11 (@britneyming11) June 23, 2023
Bro it take 12hrs and 5 minutes to get to midnight from 11:55am while it takes 23hrs and 57 hrs to get to midnight from 12:03 am
— . (@cory_rvde) June 23, 2023
I’m pretty sure when it says “to” the time it means before and not after if you have a clock that goes from 12:03am to 12:00am pls show me
Closest meaning? Closet means a short distance away or apart. So in this question what time is closest to midnight can be before or after the event. For your answer the question would read what is the nearest time to midnight
— daz (@daz7401) June 28, 2023
Some people are just here to cause chaos:
The answer is clearly C because we can't go back in time
— Monica (@monicayxz) June 22, 2023
The varying responses to this helped me understand why we argue so much on here lol https://t.co/vtRhRB252w
— Velé 🇯🇲 (@VellusAurelius) June 22, 2023
so 3 mins after midnight isn’t close to midnight? 😟 https://t.co/ZB4hvUyARl
— dunwell (@crlb__) June 22, 2023
While maths might not always be considered thee most entertaining and riveting school subject, there's no doubt that it does make for great internet entertainment!
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