“That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.”
You don’t have to play in a symphony orchestra to realise there’s something not quite right about this question.
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. pic.twitter.com/EdSSJInqEp
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) October 9, 2017
Hopefully it was a way of finding out if people have actually read the question properly, otherwise…
If it takes one woman nine months to have a baby, how many months would it take nine women?
— Mike (@mherlhy0816) October 10, 2017
Two options, it is a logic trap question or the question writer is an imbecile.
— D Lindberg (@dlindber) October 9, 2017
Is the conductor the same
— Teddy (@RealUrso) October 9, 2017
Maybe the conductor is on speed.
— デーン, Δίακογος, دين (@TownHallweblog) October 9, 2017
Having to work with just 50% of your previous workforce would be tough for any of us
— Teddy (@RealUrso) October 9, 2017
Here’s the answer in case you’re confused. Glad that’s all sorted!
I don’t understand… it would take 60 players 20 minutes to play Beethoven’s 4.5th symphony… am I missing something?
— Jared (@SilkierMeat) October 9, 2017
Update: the teacher who wrote the question has shared the rest of the worksheet.
I wrote this!! How did you get this??? I am a maths teacher in Nottingham UK. Wrote this 10 years ago. Here is the original whole worksheet pic.twitter.com/jYX55GSBKz
— Claire Longmoor (@LongmoorClaire) October 11, 2017
She also answered the real question.
Trick question just to keep the kids on their toes@
— Claire Longmoor (@LongmoorClaire) October 11, 2017
Finally, some sense of closure.