Thread: Answer to the aeroplane problem on Facebook

Originally Posted by superquag

... Glad it's finally crashed...

Nah, it's just running at the speed of light now and has moved beyond the event horizon. You'll see it again in another universe.

*just walk away now

Yes, I did walk away... then I heard a little voice in my Left ear, whispering....

"If there are 27 very fat sheep, and 12 equally fat goats loaded onto a Chinese boat, - how old is the Captain ?"

This apparantly was a Grade 5 (Chinese school) maths problem, and there are TWO valid, accepted answers that I know of.

No wonder that China is doing so well in trade !!! !

Originally Posted by superquag

Yes, I did walk away... then I heard a little voice in my Left ear, whispering....

"If there are 27 very fat sheep, and 12 equally fat goats loaded onto a Chinese boat, - how old is the Captain ?"

This apparantly was a Grade 5 (Chinese school) maths problem, and there are TWO valid, accepted answers that I know of.

No wonder that China is doing so well in trade !!! !

More info please to determin . !!

Originally Posted by superquag

Yes, I did walk away... then I heard a little voice in my Left ear, whispering....

"If there are 27 very fat sheep, and 12 equally fat goats loaded onto a Chinese boat, - how old is the Captain ?"

This apparantly was a Grade 5 (Chinese school) maths problem, and there are TWO valid, accepted answers that I know of.

No wonder that China is doing so well in trade !!! !

When they load them, which way is the conveyor belt running?

Originally Posted by superquag

Yes, I did walk away... then I heard a little voice in my Left ear, whispering....

"If there are 27 very fat sheep, and 12 equally fat goats loaded onto a Chinese boat, - how old is the Captain ?"

This apparantly was a Grade 5 (Chinese school) maths problem, and there are TWO valid, accepted answers that I know of.

No wonder that China is doing so well in trade !!! !

Insufficient information... (the acceptable answer to correctly answer the question)

Option 2 would be “a minimum of 28” but that is providing a range rather than an answer.

And the Chinese issued question is only 26 Sheep and 10 goats

The official response:

In a statement, Shunqing Education Department confirmed there was no answer.

The role of education is not to produce standardised spare parts... Each answer can reflect a different personality. A question that can have different answers is a good question.

Darn !

Yep, (1) "Insufficient Information", and
(2) At least 28
(Being the minimum age a Chinese Captain could be, seeing that this boat would need to be of a certain size to carry the cargo, and since this displacement stipulates no less than 5 years experience, and the minimum age/smaller tonnage for any Captain is 23, therefore 23+5 = 28 and, for a savvy Chinese kid, it IS solvable.

and,
(3) As you doubtless know, originally a French Question, from around 40 years ago. - For the same reasons.... make the victims think .

The 'wrong' answers are about using the numbers to massage into 'something creative...'

Belt is running opposite the the stock's direction...