This 6-Year-Old Just Schooled His Math Teacher With His Clever Answers

by N/A, 10 years ago | 3 min read

This math teacher simply wanted students to show their work, you know the dreaded process of test taking, but one her brightest young mathematicians showed her exactly what she asked for, but in the same sense–not at all.

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So, first of all: the big mathematical quandary at hand–which child has more money?

Perfect! Good answer. As you can see Bobby has four dimes, which is 40 cents, whereas Amy had 30 pennies, totally just 30 cents. Okay, so you know that it clearly needs no explanation. That's precisely where this whole thing is headed: the dreaded explain your reasoning/thought process follow up question.

That's when this 6-year-old blows his math teacher out of the water with this brilliant representation of what he was thinking upon answering the above question.

We love that the cartoon representation of himself looks slightly confused, i.e rubbing his noggin while thinking. What it Bobby? He's not sure, but he's got a 50/50 shot and he nailed it!

And, his mother couldn't be more proud. Her caption on the photo says it all:

As you can imagine, the Internet is 100% backing this kid in his logical reasoning with this photo toppling over 4 million views and counting on Imgur.

Over on Reddit, users are wildly impressed as well, and shared their thoughts on this delightful situation, such as this person who's in on the humor aspect of it:

Exactly how the mother sees it as well.

Yes, this is exactly how he learns, and shows how he learns:

We can only hope the teacher understands that as well, plus sees just how cute/funny this is.

And speaking of teachers, this tutor would love to work with this bright young mind:

Probably nothing you could teach this math prodigy though–just saying.

Some feel this is how he feels about life in general, or at least about this bogus test question.

We have to agree with his sentiment here: these questions are dumb.

While others used this as a chance to express the pay gap in America:

Unfortunately the latter comment is way too accurate.

However you want to look at it, there's a bright future ahead for this math whiz yet:

Making his future kids proud already–well done.

This comedic moment in a 6-year-old's life will live on for years to come, and not just with a magnet and a fridge placement:

Great job kid: you blew your teacher's mind and made the Internet, and more importantly your mother, very proud.

Keep up the good work, and a Nobel Peace Prize in the field of mathematics in well on your way (okay, maybe a slight embellishment, but we love this kid!).