Mom Shares 2nd-Grader’s Math Problem Online, and Hardly Anyone Can Solve It

Mom Shares 2nd-Grader’s Math Problem Online, and Hardly Anyone Can Solve It
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It makes sense that math problems will become more challenging for students as they progress in their studies. Yet, one mom was left stumped when she tried to help her second-grade daughter with her math homework. Is our kids’ homework getting more and more difficult?

Australian mom Angie Werner was helping her second-grade daughter, Ayla, with her homework just like any other day on Jan. 24, 2018. Everything was going smoothly until she came to one question that had her scratching her head.