“5 cakes divided by 4 people”, the student gave the answer, which was praised by netizens

Mathematics is a science of numbers, the results of calculations, problems can only be true or false. However, in many cases, even though the result is correct, it is still not accepted because of the incorrect application of the rules, laws, theorems… of this subject. Because this subject also requires students’ logical thinking ability.

Recently, the story of a Chinese elementary school math teacher is becoming the focus of attention of the online community. Specifically, the teacher gave a topic to the students: “Mother went to the market to buy 5 cakes for 4 children. Ask how to share the most fair and reasonable?”.

This problem can be solved in two ways:

– Each mother cake is divided into 4 equal parts.

– The mother divided each child 1 cake. The last one will be divided into 4 parts and continue to be divided equally among 4 children.

Most of the students followed these 2 solutions and got a perfect score. However, there was only one question that the student had a completely different answer. The boy wrote: “You can share a cake for your mother.”

Although the answer was somewhat “non-math”, it made the teacher extremely touched and shed tears in class. Many people believe that, although the answer is not correct, this boy knew how to apply his circumstances and gave birth to a very reasonable answer.

Some notable comments:

“Not discussing the right or wrong answer, I believe that the boy is a filial son and must love his mother very much”;

“In theory, math exercises have only one answer, but when applied to life, you will find many solutions”;

“The boy’s solution was so touching, it showed how much he loved his mother”;

“The correct answer is to divide the last piece of cake among 4 children, but shouldn’t in life we ​​should share the cake with the mother as well. This baby boy deserves a perfect score.”