A GCSE-level maths question is so tough even parents couldn't get it right.
This week, Rishi Sunak spoke about the importance of improving numeracy, as he promised to make it a central objective of the UK education system.
The Prime Minister said: "One of the biggest changes in mindset we need in education today is to reimagine our approach to numeracy. Right now, just half of all 16 to 19-year-olds study any maths at all.
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"Yet in a world where data is everywhere and statistics underpin every job, our children's jobs will require more analytical skills than ever before. And letting our children out into the world without those skills, is letting our children down."
Save My Exams recently challenged parents to complete a GCSE maths question. Of the 1,000 parents quizzed, 92% were unable to answer the question and 8% failed to get the correct answer.
Yet, according to the Mirror, an average of 75% of these parents still believed they could pass their children's exams. One in two did (52%) admit they don't always understand the homework questions their children are set, though.
The GCSE maths question that the parents failed shows a shape with all its measurements in centimetres, where the area of the shape is A cm² and respondents are asked to show that A = 2x² + 24x + 46.
It is not just maths that confuses parents, however, though it ranked as the worst subject. According to the research by Save My Exams, parents struggled the most with Maths (53%), followed by Science (35%), Spanish (30%), French (29%) and English Literature (27%).
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