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Daily Mirror
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Paige Freshwater

Mum utterly stumped by son's maths question asks strangers to help her solve it

A mum so baffled by her son's homework has been asking strangers for their help to solve it so he doesn't hand it in blank. The woman has taken to social media to seek answers to the "confusing" maths problem after spending a good while trying to figure it out herself.

Sharing a picture of it on Reddit, she wrote: "Confused by kid's math homework... make it make sense?" The question reads: "Mr Rankin found a rare 1937 penny for sale. The cost of the penny is $280. He has decided to save $4 each week to buy the penny. What process can he use to decide if he will have enough money to buy the penny in 12 weeks?"

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