Why Did a Teacher Mark 5x3=15 Incorrect in America? Reddit Users Were Up in Arms

Why Did a Teacher Mark 5x3=15 Incorrect in America? Reddit Users Were Up in Arms
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Take a look at these two 3rd-grade math problems, which seem to be answered correctly; but for some reason, the teacher docked marks for them. This question, when posted in 2015 on Reddit, had users up in arms.

When a 3rd-grader correctly answered two questions, “5 x 3 = 15” and “4 x 6 = 24,” and yet both answers still lost marks, Reddit users felt it was either the teacher or the questions that were wrong, not the student, thus arousing an online debate. What do you think? Let’s have a closer look at the problems.
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