Spot the error, step by step
Someone has worked a question out and got it wrong.
The question
Priya wrote 24 − 6 = 28. Write the correct answer.
Priya wrote 24 − 6 = 28. Write the correct answer.
Priya wrote 24 − 6 = 28. Write the correct answer.
24−6=18
24−6=18
they wrote:28
- Do not check by reading their working. Somebody else's answer is the most persuasive thing on the page, and rereading it is how you end up agreeing with it — work the sum yourself first, then compare.
- On your own: 24 − 6 = 18.
- Now compare. They wrote 28, and it should be 18 — out by 10. The correct answer is 18.
How it works.
- 01
Do not check by reading their working. Somebody else's answer is the most persuasive thing on the page, and rereading it is how you end up agreeing with it — work the sum yourself first, then compare.
- 02
On your own: 24 − 6 = 18.
- 03
Now compare. They wrote 28, and it should be 18 — out by 10. The correct answer is 18.