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Written by Tommaths (he/him) on 2024-12-10 at 18:08

Here's an A-level exam question a Y13 student showed me today. It is one of 5 on a similar theme that she was given for homework.

Which subject was this homework set for, though?

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Written by PJ Evans on 2024-12-10 at 18:13

@TeaKayB Advanced sock packaging

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Written by Tommaths (he/him) on 2024-12-10 at 18:17

@mrpjevans

I'm not sure that exists as an A-level just yet.

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Written by Wynke on 2024-12-10 at 18:55

@TeaKayB This is a trick question, right? Because that's a math question, maybe physics.

Also, who in their right mind would package socks in a pyramid shaped box? (I do understand that it's probably fancy packaging. But. Why?)

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Written by Tommaths (he/him) on 2024-12-10 at 19:34

@wynke

You did not mention the correct subject.

And I did wonder that myself...

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Written by Wynke on 2024-12-10 at 19:45

@TeaKayB Yeah, I kind of expected that. I'm not familiar enough with the UK curriculum to make a better guess, though. Something with 'economics' in the name perhaps? Or chemistry, as some strange angle to approach molecular structures? Although I'd believe you if you'd say it's English literature (but not a foreign language, because then at least some part of the question would have been in that language).

It's still very much a math question though.

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Written by Tommaths (he/him) on 2024-12-10 at 20:00

@wynke

You still haven't mentioned it!

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Written by Wynke on 2024-12-10 at 20:25

@TeaKayB I could keep on guessing, but it'd basically be 'name all subjects I can imagine UK A-levels exist for'...

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Written by Tariq on 2024-12-10 at 19:06

@TeaKayB

why does the formula at the bottom look photoshopped? the resolution is different

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Written by Wynke on 2024-12-10 at 20:39

@rzeta0 @TeaKayB Probably because the question page was made by someone who doesn't normally use formulas in text and has either inserted it as an image in a word document or actually physically cut and pasted on paper before copying.

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