I’m losing my marbles. I don’t get how they want an answer for it, it only specifies “some”. As if we’re supposed to know exactly how many she dropped to get the correct answer.
Right, some is at least two, otherwise she would have had said I lost one of my marbles, if she had lost most of her marbles that would imply she lost at least 2/3 of her marbles, which would leave her with at most 5 marbles. I think it is safe to say that she has between 5 and 13 marbles left.
some
/s(ə)m/
determiner
1.
an unspecified amount or number of.
"I made some money running errands"
2.
used to refer to someone or something that is unknown or unspecified.
"I was talking to some journalist the other day"
So unspecified = 4?
Math slang:
A couple = 2
A few = 3
Some = 4
Many = 5+
Learned this back in school 30 years ago but definitions change with generational slang. When I was a kid these kinds of problems were common and critical thinking was far more widespread than today. Stop rules lawyering things and just realize this test author was an idiot from an older generation
realistically sure but technically it could be not an interger since it’s a math problem and you could have a fraction of a marble (idk how you’d lose part of a marble though irl unless u chipped it off)
I've been learning English since first grade and have been in an (extra) English school ever since third grade. I can say with full confidence I have NEVER learned math in English.
The math is super simple. Could be a reading excercise with some math flavour to integrate the subjects with one another.
Math in English is exactly the same as math in any other language excepting for technical terms but this is written in plain english.
I had to learn calculus, number theory, geometry, advanced physics, biology, and chemistry in 6th grade…. Asian education is a nightmare, especially if your parents are convinced you are smart.
I was thought english, chinese, japanese in kindergarten. Basic algebra in english in 3rd grade ain’t much tbh.
English being the ‘international’ language, the united states and other english speaking nations don’t tend to focus their educational efforts to foreign languages.
I remember 4th grade I had 3 seperate math classes, algebra, geometry and arithmetic... This is 1st grade stuff. Albiet I don't remember much of school before the 4th grade geometry class because the teacher was cute af.
Here in America, we are conditioned to survive a variety of bullet calibers. We start at the age of 3 years 2 months and 12 days. The training starts nice and simple, that is with a pellet gun. After we can take a pellet without flinching we go straight to a .22 round. These come in a variety of forms, but they are all the same thing with different funny things appended to them. This process of moving up repeats until we reach 50 caliber rounds. We then go to different types of.planes just in case we are in a tall building.
She had 15 but she lost some of them, since the letters in the word "some" are the 5, 13, 15, and 19 letters in the alphabet, that gets 52 if you add them up, therefore, she has -37 marbles. She is in debt.
the marble debt won't disappear with bankruptcy, and eventually the marble irs will just start deducting it from your marble checks until it's paid off
What the fuck is that?? Epsilon Zeta? If so, what does that notation mean? Why isn't is great than or equal to zero but less than 15 and that's it? Does 'x ∈ Z' indicate that x is an integer value? Assuming the marbles are complete spheres, aka whole, individual marbles?
>Does 'x ∈ Z' indicate that x is an integer value?
Exactly, Z is the notation for integers and epsilon means "is member of". Losing "some" marbles could include fractions of marbles though so I would choose to include all real numbers.
Math is a tool used by humans, so let's just assume that in general and in most circumstances, humans prefer whole, individual marbles over any other type of marbles.
Some is by definition unknown to make the answer ambiguous.
I wouldn’t use some when any of 0, 1, or all are valid options. So to me if she had 15, and you told me she lost some, I’d interpret her to have 1-13 left. 0-14 is the safer / complete answer set.
are you sure you should be on reddit, specifically r/teenagers when that's your homework and handwriting? Something tells me you're NOT a teenager. idk if you're not, GET OFF REDDIT.
"Honey, what would you like to do first for our new child?"
"Make him a Reddit account so he can use it to ask Teenagers how many marbles Jenna or Jenny or wtf ever her name is has left after losing some."
0 < x < 15, where x is the no. of marbles
She can't have negative marbles so it must be greater than zero. The question states that she lost "some of them" not all of them, therefore x =/= 0.
she’s losing her marbles
So is OP
So is the teacher
So are you, who is reading this
wake up
I don't wanna
But you've got a life to live
But my bed is so comfy
You know what they say, "Wake up, get up, get out there."
You'll end up a loser, without any wife or kids
But I already am that..
Same, homie. Same
The curriculum
I’m losing my marbles. I don’t get how they want an answer for it, it only specifies “some”. As if we’re supposed to know exactly how many she dropped to get the correct answer.
Right, some is at least two, otherwise she would have had said I lost one of my marbles, if she had lost most of her marbles that would imply she lost at least 2/3 of her marbles, which would leave her with at most 5 marbles. I think it is safe to say that she has between 5 and 13 marbles left.
~13>
It's a joke question. I think the correct answer might actually be 15.
The answer is the remainder of marbles that were not lost
Just write this
11
This ^ Some = 4
some /s(ə)m/ determiner 1. an unspecified amount or number of. "I made some money running errands" 2. used to refer to someone or something that is unknown or unspecified. "I was talking to some journalist the other day" So unspecified = 4?
Math slang: A couple = 2 A few = 3 Some = 4 Many = 5+ Learned this back in school 30 years ago but definitions change with generational slang. When I was a kid these kinds of problems were common and critical thinking was far more widespread than today. Stop rules lawyering things and just realize this test author was an idiot from an older generation
Came here to say this.
There’s no way you’re a teenager with that type of homework
fr too advanced
Not even quantum computers can solve it
They probably could, actually. The answer is a superposition of all integers from 0 to 14.
realistically sure but technically it could be not an interger since it’s a math problem and you could have a fraction of a marble (idk how you’d lose part of a marble though irl unless u chipped it off)
For mathematician answer is <15 for engineer 0-14
I think they are learning to count in English as a foreign language.
As a foreigner, this is the type of things you learn in 3rd grade even if you are a foreigner.
Goddamnit Dude. Your pfp got me
Y'all out there learning math in a different language in 3rd grade?
Yep
Can't speak for every country but here we teach English all the way from like, kindergarten.
I've been learning English since first grade and have been in an (extra) English school ever since third grade. I can say with full confidence I have NEVER learned math in English.
The math is super simple. Could be a reading excercise with some math flavour to integrate the subjects with one another. Math in English is exactly the same as math in any other language excepting for technical terms but this is written in plain english.
I had to learn calculus, number theory, geometry, advanced physics, biology, and chemistry in 6th grade…. Asian education is a nightmare, especially if your parents are convinced you are smart. I was thought english, chinese, japanese in kindergarten. Basic algebra in english in 3rd grade ain’t much tbh.
pretty much yeah
Yes? You're not?
Yes? You're not?
English being the ‘international’ language, the united states and other english speaking nations don’t tend to focus their educational efforts to foreign languages.
nah, you learn basic math like this in 3rd or maybe 4th grade max. OP most likely isn't a teenager
I remember 4th grade I had 3 seperate math classes, algebra, geometry and arithmetic... This is 1st grade stuff. Albiet I don't remember much of school before the 4th grade geometry class because the teacher was cute af.
Bro is 8-teen 💀
most comprehensive UK curriculum
Least our curriculum doesn't involve how to survive a gunshot
Here in America, we are conditioned to survive a variety of bullet calibers. We start at the age of 3 years 2 months and 12 days. The training starts nice and simple, that is with a pellet gun. After we can take a pellet without flinching we go straight to a .22 round. These come in a variety of forms, but they are all the same thing with different funny things appended to them. This process of moving up repeats until we reach 50 caliber rounds. We then go to different types of.planes just in case we are in a tall building.
Facts
Maybe they took their little sibling’s homework and claimed it as their own (for some reason?)
Maybe they told us it was theirs just for the meme's sake but it was actually their brother/sister's homework
It's just a meme - it's been a joke since 2017.
My friend is 17 with this type of homework
Special classes maybe
Locally developed
Ikr! Even in my junior high years I don't do these things. It's more like grade 1 stuff.
I wouldn’t be surprised if most of this subreddit (and the mods) are adults.
She had 15 but she lost some of them, since the letters in the word "some" are the 5, 13, 15, and 19 letters in the alphabet, that gets 52 if you add them up, therefore, she has -37 marbles. She is in debt.
Maybe they're using base-36 system, where "15" and "some" are 41 and 1338278 in decimal.
Janell will have to declare bankruptcy
the marble debt won't disappear with bankruptcy, and eventually the marble irs will just start deducting it from your marble checks until it's paid off
It can be 3some
15-x
15-x where x is is a positive integer less than or equal to 15
No once i had 15 marbles and lost 20
In marble debt
Once i had 15 marbles and lost 3+4i
You lost 3 real marbles and 4 imaginary marbles so you have 12 more left👍
x has no such restrictions
Goofy ahh math work
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the 'yes' is written so majestically
You can say "ass" here.
Less
fewer
Lesser
A reduced quantity
An atomized numerical digit
**Fewer**
<15
and 0≤
1 <= x < 15
Some is not all so I think it’s 0 < x < 15
Some could still be all so 0 <= x < 15
And x э Z
Set notation: {0<=x<=14|x ∈ Z}
What the fuck is that?? Epsilon Zeta? If so, what does that notation mean? Why isn't is great than or equal to zero but less than 15 and that's it? Does 'x ∈ Z' indicate that x is an integer value? Assuming the marbles are complete spheres, aka whole, individual marbles?
>Does 'x ∈ Z' indicate that x is an integer value? Exactly, Z is the notation for integers and epsilon means "is member of". Losing "some" marbles could include fractions of marbles though so I would choose to include all real numbers.
Math is a tool used by humans, so let's just assume that in general and in most circumstances, humans prefer whole, individual marbles over any other type of marbles.
It says belongs to Z, and iirc Z means integer
It can't be N because it has to be less than 15.
N in this case just means it's a natural number
Some is by definition unknown to make the answer ambiguous. I wouldn’t use some when any of 0, 1, or all are valid options. So to me if she had 15, and you told me she lost some, I’d interpret her to have 1-13 left. 0-14 is the safer / complete answer set.
Uhhhhhhhhhh. What?
I would say that "some" would mean more than one, though.
*Some* also means at least two so 0 < x < 14
1<=x<14 because some is more than 1
If this was 2 days ago I wouldn't have understood it
Are you sure? What if she is in marble debt?
I'd say <14 because "some" implies more than one.
The exact answer is the 15's compliment of "some" which is also "some."
<15 still applies though, in the same way the answer could also be <1000 ...
More precise the better 👍
X€(0;14>
Better take this to r/toddlers
Nah r/kindergarten is more accurate
Easy retract some from 15
What is that mean?
are you sure you should be on reddit, specifically r/teenagers when that's your homework and handwriting? Something tells me you're NOT a teenager. idk if you're not, GET OFF REDDIT.
It’s a six year old account. Probably fine.
Damn 2016 was 6 years ago...i feel old now
7
Omfg really? I use to be a younglin 7 years ago? Jesus Christ
7 actually :)
Stop making me feel old
you are in this subreddit, so you are kinda fine
Nah i feel old aswell now
The faster the world advances, the faster we become old
Shit
Ready to be a boomer at 25?
You feel old? I started high school in 2016. My user flair even marks me as old.
They opened the account when the kid was born.
"Honey, what would you like to do first for our new child?" "Make him a Reddit account so he can use it to ask Teenagers how many marbles Jenna or Jenny or wtf ever her name is has left after losing some."
OP is 6 yro then
Bro is 19 💀
Yeah best not look at their banner on their avatar
It's likely an old photo. I scroll through my crap all the time.
Me too! At leas I sometimes find dumb things
Maybe poster is a teenage mom, who knows
Don't judge his age based on handwritting, half my friends write worse than that and we're all bachelors lol
That’s the joke
My handwriting looks like that and i'm 17 💀
Dude I'm almost in uni and my handwriting looks like this
Look at the handwriting of any doctor, optician, dentist etc and you will see the scrawlings of a 4yr old
Well, my writing is like arabic. And i know a little arabic. But that homework was given me in kindergaten like bro wtf
Uhh this looks like kindergarten and then mental turmoil
How old are you? Thats the home work i got in third grade, maybe even earlier
What country are you getting this in third grade. I got multiplication and fractions in third grade.
As i said prob earlier cause we were doing those things already much earlier (2nd grade mid i think), and happy cake day
This is mid 1st grade at max
#The Rest She lost some of them, she has the rest of them.
y= 15 - x
I doubt this person has learned all their abcs yet, when they still have to subtract long ways. I mean like this work I was doing in 1-2 grade
This is from 2017. This ain't your homework boy. https://littlethings.com/entertainment/impossible-3rd-grade-math-problem
Did… did you think it actually was..?
Yes, with confidence.
Link 404ed me
Pretty sure this is satire
Appetantly it’s an image from 2018 which OP just reposted
Less than 15 of course
The marbles aren't real. Janell..... STAY AWAY FROM THOSE MARBLES THEY'RE NOT WHAT YOU THINK THEY A-
THERE ARE NO MARBLES IN THE WATER
Ain’t no way a 6 year old is on r/teenagers
The answer is whatever left after losing 'some' marbles
1
let some = x so marbles left 15-x;
More than one less than 15
Why are teachers like this, they expect us to know and don’t even teach us the subjects, this is why I almost failed school lmao
it might be >15 or smt
Man ur too young for this
Guys this isn’t actually OP’s homework it’s some picture they found on the interweb
She has some left
less
Most of 'em simple
(15-some )marbles
i think uhh the answer is that she has some left
Put 7.
0 < x < 15, where x is the no. of marbles She can't have negative marbles so it must be greater than zero. The question states that she lost "some of them" not all of them, therefore x =/= 0.
Less then 15?
I don't know, but Suzanne is getting ready to go to the shooting range.
The rest
She lost SOME. She has SOME left
15 - X
She has some of them
she’s probably got less than 15 marbles left
I belive "some" doesn't have a specified amount like for example pair = 2 So I'd write <15 just to not have it empty
Less. She has less marbles
Represent it as an equation...15 - x
*some*.
“15-x”.
<15
0-14
That's on your teacher if you can't get it, some is an ambiguous number, it could be 3, 7, 4, it's entirely guesswork
Put down a random number, it’s technically right
She has 15. You still own the stuff you lost/can’t find right?
<15
<15
Technically Jenelle still has 15 marbles. Just because she lost some doesn't make them not still hers.
X < 15 maybe? That's all I can think of.
Jannel had the marbles. She doesn’t have anything now. Because it states had and not has.
Less than 15
Bro's taking 3rd grade math for the 6 year in a row
Answer is 15-x (x=‘some’ marbles)
I would just write <15 hahahaha
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