GCSE results day has arrived for millions of students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with pupils collecting their results in person from their school or exam centre from 8am. To test whether adults can match the skills of today's teenagers, a series of maths questions from the exams has been shared online, leaving many baffled.
The Questions That Stumped Adults
On TikTok, user @freegcsemathsteacher, who has 2.7 million followers, posted a clip featuring nine questions, though only the first six were shown as the rest involve graphs. The questions are:
1. Write 180 minutes in hours.
2. Write 0.73 as a percentage.
3. Work out 10 x (3 + 5).
4. Write down a prime number that is between 20 and 30.
5. Find a number that is exactly half way between 7 and 15.
6. Harry is planning a holiday for 7 days. Here are the costs for the holiday for each person: Travel = £150, Hotel = £50 for each day, Spending money = £250. Work out the total cost of the holiday for 4 people for 7 days.
Online Reactions
The clip has racked up 18,600 likes and hundreds of comments. One user commented: "My brain hurts," while another made a similar remark, adding: "I was never good at maths ever." A third wrote: "I had to ask my six-year-old because I couldn't figure it out."
Not everyone struggled, however. One commenter said: "I did that in 1 second in my head," and another asked: "How do people fail this?"
The Answers
For those who are stumped, the answers to the first six questions are: 1. 3 hours, 2. 73%, 3. 80 (using BIDMAS), 4. 23 or 29, 5. 11, and 6. £3,000.
