[JenB]

Yes, but the child was a first grader, right? I can easily see how she’d get confused. The question was really poorly written and relied on colors that aren’t there to give the poor kid a clue.

I wouldn’t say the kid got it right, but I do think the question should have been stricken off the sheet as confusingly stupid.

It’s easy for a six year old to see that “how many more” and think she’s supposed to add all the balloons.

[metmom]

I could too, but you just can’t tell the kid they got it right and the teacher was wrong.

When we’d come across poorly worded questions, and IIRC there were even the rare ones in Saxon Math, I’d tell my kids that I wouldn’t count it.

Just like I wouldn’t count the the *Who was DL Moody’s song leader?* question in ABeka history.

WHO CARES??????

[CAluvdubya]

Yes, but the child was a first grader, right? I can easily see how she’d get confused. The question was really poorly written and relied on colors that aren’t there to give the poor kid a clue.

In our math units, the first graders are taught to look for key words to solve the problem.

Here the question asks, "How many more?" This is not the first time the student would have seen these key words.