Khan/khan-exercises — Issue #12807: Negative number word problems - Answer is right according to solution but is marking as incorrect
Author: KhanBugz
Created: 2012-02-01 16:21:44+00:00
State: open
Labels: chrome, other, win7

Reporter: mckenzie@breehwin.com

I answered this problem like this,
5,015
And it said I was wrong so I tried like this,
5015
And it said it was still wrong so I checked the solution and it said,
$5015
So I tried,
$5015
And it STILL said I was wrong!

Why is it saying that the answer the solution gave me is wrong!?!

[negative_number_word_problems.html?seed=154&problem=baseball_camp_result](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/negative_number_word_problems.html?seed=154&problem=baseball_camp_result&debug)

[Answer timeline](http://sandcastle.khanacademy.org/media/castles/Khan:master/exercises/negative_number_word_problems.html?seed=154&problem=baseball_camp_result&debug&activity=%5B%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%225%2C015%5C%22%22%2C167%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C3%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C4%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C4%5D%2C%5B%22hint-activity%22%2C%220%22%2C4%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%22%245015%5C%22%22%2C13%5D%2C%5B%22incorrect-activity%22%2C%22%5C%225015%5C%22%22%2C55%5D%5D)

["5,015","$5015","5015"]

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