Mathematics · Pedagogy
A mathematics teacher poses the following word problem in her class: 'Sumita has 12 toffees while Asmita has 18 toffees. How many more toffees does Asmita have than Sumita?' One of the students responded that the answer is 12 + 18 = 30 toffees. Which of the following is most appropriate regarding the student's response?
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- 1Such mistakes are common as word problems are too difficult to be solved by primary grade learners
- 2The student has associated the operation of addition with the keyword 'more' in the word problem✓
- 3The student has understood the problem but made a computational mistake due to carelessness
- 4The answer given by the student is correct
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The student has associated the operation of addition with the keyword 'more' in the word problem
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