Weird Triangle Question

2007-06-29 12:08:38

#1

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7314|Alberta, Canada

Ok, so last night I was watching 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', and one of the questions was:

'How many sides are on a triangle?'

Well that's probably the easiest question out there, right? The answer is obviously 3.
Oh no. All the students, and even the contestant, answered '4 sides on a triangle'.

And surprisingly, they got the answer correct.
Am I missing something here?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Triangle.Equilateral.svg/122px-Triangle.Equilateral.svg.png

Last edited by Ryan (2007-06-29 12:10:06)

2007-06-29 12:10:07

#2

notorious: Nay vee, bay bee.; +1,396|7218|The United Center

Is it a two dimensional or three dimensional shape?

2007-06-29 12:10:54

#3

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7314|Alberta, Canada

ThomasMorgan wrote:
Is it a two dimensional or three dimensional shape?

I'm pretty sure it's 2D, otherwise they would have side 'triangular-based pyramid' or something like that.

2007-06-29 12:12:53

#4

Flaming_Maniac: prince of insufficient light; +2,490|7178|67.222.138.85

...there are three sides. I'm pretty sure you got the question wrong, no offense. If not I will need to commit ritualistic suicide over my math textbooks.

2007-06-29 12:13:09

#5

Curtor: Member; +6|6620|Canada

And you are sure they did not say 'quadrilateral'...
I was fairly sure that a triangle has three sides. I mean, you think I could get that right after two years of university

2007-06-29 12:14:28

#6

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,993|7103|949

The host probably said, "Triangular pyramid".

2007-06-29 12:14:37

#7

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7314|Alberta, Canada

Flaming_Maniac wrote:
...there are three sides. I'm pretty sure you got the question wrong, no offense. If not I will need to commit ritualistic suicide over my math textbooks.

I swear it said 'How many sides are on a triangle?'.
And if I mixed up quadrilateral with triangle, kill me now. It's impossible to mix those words up.

2007-06-29 12:18:27

#8

Sarrk: O-O-O A-O A; +788|7126|Brisbane, Australia

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
The host probably said, "Triangular pyramid".

2007-06-29 12:19:15

#9

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7314|Alberta, Canada

I even found this on some random blog. Some lady posted:

Some lady wrote:
Did anyone tape/dvr it? Our family is arguing over the triangle question but no one can remember exactly what the question was. The answer was 4 I think. If anyone knows please write.

2007-06-29 12:22:31

#10

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,993|7103|949

http://fox.com/areyousmarter/recaps/

Question was, "A RECTANGLE has how many sides?"

Maybe use a q-tip every so often

Last edited by KEN-JENNINGS (2007-06-29 12:23:57)

2007-06-29 12:23:11

#11

weasel_thingo: Member; +74|6797

there are no sides...

55 seconds in..

2007-06-29 12:29:51

#12

Yaocelotl: :D; +221|7121|Keyboard

The tri- prefix means 3. Know your etymology.

Last edited by Yaocelotl (2007-06-29 12:30:01)

2007-06-29 12:33:58

#13

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,993|7103|949

Yaocelotl wrote:
The tri- prefix means 3. Know your etymology.

Thank you for contributing absolutely nothing.

2007-06-29 12:34:09

#14

WinterWayfarer: Combat Medic; +21|6723|Spacetime

Ryan wrote:
Ok, so last night I was watching 'Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?', and one of the questions was:

'How many sides are on a triangle?'

Well that's probably the easiest question out there, right? The answer is obviously 3.
Oh no. All the students, and even the contestant, answered '4 sides on a triangle'.

And surprisingly, they got the answer correct.
Am I missing something here?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … al.svg.png

Are you sure?

2007-06-29 12:35:19

#15

Ryan: Member; +1,230|7314|Alberta, Canada

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
http://fox.com/areyousmarter/recaps/

Question was, "A RECTANGLE has how many sides?"

Maybe use a q-tip every so often

My dad was the one who retold me the question, but I was pretty sure it said 'triangle'.
Oh well.

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