Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #4620: Arithmetic word problems 1 - Arithmetic Word Problem - Phrasing Problem
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2011-10-19 23:01:31+00:00
State: open
Labels: firefox, xp

Reporter: anthony@gopu.org

I believe there is a phrasing problem in one of your arithmetic word problems.

[QUOTE]
Question:
There were 83 people riding on a train. At the previous stop, 67 people got off.

How many people are riding the train now?
[/QUOTE]

This is phrased like a trick question. If 67 people got off at the previous stop, then 83 people must be on the train now. But if I answer the problem like it is phrased, I get the wrong answer. It expects me to say 16, which is the wrong answer.

Could you please reword this sentence to reflect the problem?

[arithmetic_word_problems_1.html?seed=4&problem=take-away-result](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/arithmetic_word_problems_1.html?seed=4&problem=take-away-result&debug)

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