See if you or your friends can figure it out.
The answer to this problem is in the video below this article.
A math problem intended for sophomores and juniors in Singapore has become the obsession of some portion of the Internet over the past few days. The students were asked to answer a seemingly simple question: “When is Cheryl’s birthday?”
To figure it out, you’re provided with some vague clues. Cheryl separately gives two new friends some details about when she was born, including a list of 10 possible birth dates. She also tells one of the friends, Albert, the month of her birthday, then tells the other friend, Bernard, the day of her birthday.
As a final clue, there’s a conversation between Albert and Bernard, in which they each talk about what they know.
Now go solve the riddle!
Stumped? You’re not alone.
The question first appeared on April 8, as part of the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiads contest.
It was posted online Friday by a Singaporean television presenter and quickly went viral — perhaps because the problem was initially misidentified as one intended for 10- and 11-year-olds.
As the problem spread far and wide, it became a bit of a joke. Truthfully, we blame no one for choosing to laugh instead of crying out of frustration.
Now that we solved that problem, what about this one?
We really need to bring back more family activities. Kids really need things to do to be more productive in society, especially in the african american communities. We can not continue to leave one race behind for financial gain because in reality we are one race, the human race. What is financial gain without a human race? NOTHING.
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