An 'impossible' exam question has had maths GCSE students in England baffled.
One parent, whose child tackled the Edexcel GCSE Maths paper told Manchester Evening News that even some teachers at their child's school struggled to come up with the solution to the 'impossible' question. A University of Manchester maths student even admitted he found it 'tough'.
Candidates were asked to work out the area of the shaded part of some circles, if all the circles have a radius of four. "A tough one, even I had to spend some time looking where to start," Manchester university student Harry Surplus tweeted.
It comes after students in Wales were left in tears after an AS Maths exams last week. Teachers said the WJEC AS maths exam was the hardest they have seen and included questions that were not on the exam content specification. Some teenagers were left in tears, parents said. Read more here.
Maths teacher Jonathan Baker also took to Twitter to offer the correct method of answering the GCSE question.
As well as leaving many teenagers nonplussed, the conundrum is sure to leave many in a cold sweat as they have flashbacks to their own maths exams. Edexcel have been approached for comment.
