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Originally Posted by bossku69
I am pretty surprised it is this difficult to figure out. Not saying your stupid, but you probably looked at this to long and its hard to think of the logical answer after you have committed to much time.. occam's razor 
The top line always has 6 because there are 6 numbers on a die. The bottom never exceeds 6 because you dont want to have a negative answer. If you were to roll a 4, you cross out 4 on the top and bottom, then subtract the difference.
Here, I started it for you...
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I think you are missing the point of what is happening here. Is your example a correct answer, yes. Could it be interpreted correctly in several different ways? Yes! When you go to the market and buy 3 pears at $1 each should the total be $3 or should it be open to interpretation and each person pays what they come up with? My guess is some will be disappointed or maybe even arrested.
Rochard explains above what it has become. New Math Bullshit.
You see it that way and think it's obvious. We were taught a certain way that made sense to us and the masses. Tell me what really makes solid logical sense with how it was originally presented and remember, we are talking about early math here. What math rule presented on the page told you to cross out the same amount from each row as opposed to crossing out the total of one rolled die? Can you show me the instructions for this in the original post?
It's new math, open to interpretation to improve scores and make everyone feel better about themselves and help bring revenue into the districts.
