Students at Menlopark High School begin the annual National Senior Certificate Examination or Matric Final Examination on 31 October 2022 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo: Gallo Images / Beeld / Deaan Vivier) The maths problem in question is as follows:
/file/dailymaverick/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OD-michelle-maths-question_20.jpg "The 'impossible' seven-mark question in the matric maths exam paper.")
Nicky Roberts, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Fort Hare and director of Kelello Consulting, concluded that the question is impossible to solve. She explained it as follows, and resolved that the only way to solve the problem would be to amend the question.
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