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So the wording of the problem should have been

of the 114 children in y6 3/4 of a bunch/group have pets and the rest of the children have other kinds of pets

I am curious to hear from you what the exact wording was.

{I mean not the one you understood but what the book actually says}

the wording was on a worksheet and not a book. i have written it down exactly as it was on the worksheet !!!!!

as i suspected from your replies the question must be inaccurate no wonder he was (and myself) confused

Yes you're right I often get really confused as the questions are so badly written. Poor kids, they get so demoralised.

When doing Maths we should concentrate on the FIGURES and not so much if the "story" makes perfect sense.

The question aims to test kid's ability to use cross-multiplication and if they can show the calculations that lead up to an answer of 13.5 then it's ok. Just move on to the next question VW!

[villawagen]

So the wording of the problem should have been

of the 114 children in y6 3/4 of a bunch/group have pets and the rest of the children have other kinds of pets

I am curious to hear from you what the exact wording was.

{I mean not the one you understood but what the book actually says}

the wording was on a worksheet and not a book. i have written it down exactly as it was on the worksheet !!!!!

as i suspected from your replies the question must be inaccurate no wonder he was (and myself) confused

Yes you're right I often get really confused as the questions are so badly written. Poor kids, they get so demoralised.

When doing Maths we should concentrate on the FIGURES and not so much if the "story" makes perfect sense.

The question aims to test kid's ability to use cross-multiplication and if they can show the calculations that lead up to an answer of 13.5 then it's ok. Just move on to the next question VW!

yes i think you are right, if the story was not there, but just the figures and the problem was, then i would not have questioned it. but i think the scenario behind the question confused the situation!!!!

oh well !!!