April 15, 201511 yr Apparently this math problem is making its rounds through the internet, so I thought I'd post it here. A co-worker sent this out. It took me a little bit but I was correct. Here you go: Good Luck!
April 15, 201511 yr Answer - Cheryl is being a little bit of a drama queen don't you think? Just tell us your birthday. I have no clue what the answer is.
April 15, 201511 yr My wife showed this to me a couple of days ago. I didn't seriously try to solve it but could follow the logic from the solution. My answer would be that Cheryl never has a birthday party - she drove all her friends away by refusing to tell them her birthday.
April 15, 201511 yr It's a doozy of a logic problem. The story going around with it was that this was from a math exam for 14-year-olds somewhere in Asia.
April 15, 201511 yr Author It's a doozy of a logic problem. The story going around with it was that this was from a math exam for 14-year-olds somewhere in Asia. From what I understand, they gave it to 5th graders to see who could do it and it is actually for 9th graders.
April 15, 201511 yr I've read the answer sheet 3 times and still can't follow the logic! I am solid at math and at least know somewhat where to begin with these logic type questions. This one I am not even seeing where to begin? What am I missing here?
April 15, 201511 yr Author Really helped me when I wrote out the dates like this: May 15 16 19 June 17 18 July 14 16 Aug 14 15 17 * BGP won't let me keep the spacing that entered.
April 15, 201511 yr Really helped me when I wrote out the dates like this: May 15 16 19 June 17 18 July 14 16 Aug 14 15 17 * BGP won't let me keep the spacing that entered. I gotta go with June 18th looking at it that way.
April 15, 201511 yr It's a doozy of a logic problem. The story going around with it was that this was from a math exam for 14-year-olds somewhere in Asia. From what I understand, they gave it to 5th graders to see who could do it and it is actually for 9th graders. What I read on it was: 'Originally, Mr. Kong said this was a problem inflicted on fifth-graders, leading to hand-wringing that Singapore children were way better at math than everyone else in the world and worries that Singapore children were being mentally abused with convoluted logic at a young age. However, it turned out the problem actually came from a math olympiad test for math-savvy high school-age students.' Still does not make me feel any better that I had to read the answer sheet to figure it out. :lol:
April 15, 201511 yr I am solid at math and at least know somewhat where to begin with these logic type questions. This one I am not even seeing where to begin? What am I missing here? It seems to be poorly worded. Someone rewrote it when I was looking for the answer and it makes a lot more sense.
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