Maths is a notoriously tricky subject, and every year students claim their GCSE exam is getting more and more difficult - and parents comparing the test with the questions they were asked at school.
However today's teens could possibly be right about things getting harder, after exam revision website Save My Exams challenged parents to complete a GCSE maths question.
In shocking results, not one parent answered correctly, proving how difficult some of the exam questions can be for GCSE students, and highlighting how some parents may need to brush up on their numbers, reports the Mirror.
The question didn't diminish parents' confidence, however. Of the 1,000 parents, 92% were unable to answer the question and 8% failed to get the correct answer.
Despite this, 75% of those parents still said they could pass their children's exams. However, 52% admitted they don't always understand the children's homework.
The question 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 how A = 2x² + 24x + 46.
Save My Exams' maths expert Lucy Kirkham was on hand to share the answer to the head-scratcher. She said: "Seeing questions with loads of Algebra can be scary but breaking them down into smaller chunks will help you work through them more easily.
"Our maths experts at Save My Exams create colour-coded model answers which break down each question into easier steps to carefully guide users to the correct answer.
"This question gives you the answer you're working towards, which can sometimes be off-putting as you wonder 'How am I ever going to get there?'. Don’t let it worry you, just try to start with the first step and you'll surprise yourself with how far you can get!
"Even if you don’t get all the way through, marks are awarded for different stages of your working so you can always try to pick up some marks and use our model answers to see how you’d pick up the rest."
Puzzled parents are not only confused by Maths, according to the research by Save My Exams. While maths is the trickiest subject, causing trouble for 53% of parents Science (35%), Spanish (30%), French (29%) and English Literature (27%) were also a struggle.
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