Her Teacher Admits Hexagonal Pyramids Don't Have Rectangles @WrathofMath

Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

When asked how many rectangular faces a hexagonal pyramid has, this man's niece replied "0". This is the correct answer, but the teacher said a hexagonal pyramid has 6 rectangular faces. The niece pushed on this issue, challenging the teacher who initially doubled down and defended her answer. But now, with an update from the OP, known as 'JT', and with the power of Newsweek, we have a shocking development in this story from r/askmath. #askreddit #maths #mathmemes

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0:00 Intro
1:23 The Big Issue
2:38 Newsweek Article
7:27 Slicing Hexagons
13:01 The 1800s Theorem
14:24 Conclusion

Her Teacher Admits Hexagonal Pyramids Dont Have Rectangles

$Dividing by 1/2 Cant be This Hard 🛍 Check out my math fashion brand! https://mathshion.com/ ❤️ Join the channel to get exclusive and early videos, original music, math lectures, and more! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEKvaxi8mt9FMc62MHcliw/join Horrible viral math problems abound on the internet, and today we see one particularly dark, a simple fraction division problem that somehow racked up over 8 million views. Dark times. Well discuss the problem, solutions, and the inability of some elementary math teachers to grapple meaningfully with the concepts of fractional division. #mathmemes #maths Outro Song: https://youtube.com/shorts/qp8YRBNMKds (Longer Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw9aWBlCxPc ) More Math Chats: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxXQDmPmSOwXSU9vOHgty1RO Business Inquiries: wrathofmathlessons@gmail.com SOURCES https://x.com/Mishi_2210/status/2033689921043804635?s=20 Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics by Liping Ma A History of Mathematical Notations by Florian Cajori https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_History_of_Mathematical_Notations/Volume_1/Babylonians https://www.newsweek.com/mom-stumped-6th-graders-homework-asks-teacher-embarrassing-question-11218353 https://www.newsweek.com/dad-hard-first-grade-math-homework-not-alone-2056974 https://www.newsweek.com/dad-questioning-sanity-7-year-old-son-math-homework-2077121 https://www.aol.com/17-photos-show-school-early-141448945.html https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/t7m363/grocery_store_i_went_to_sold_half_pies/ MUSIC Windy - Conkers Bad Fur Day Castle - Super Mario World A Boss Approaches - Super Mario 3D World Accumula Town Chow Record Musee Champignon scizzie - aquatic ambience Town Hall Day - Animal Crossing City Folk Crankys Theme Aquatic Ambience - Donkey Kong Country Ending Theme - Super Mario World 0:00 Intro 2:42 Technicalities and Actuallies 5:38 Notation History 8:03 Teachers and Fraction Division 12:04 Representations 13:42 Conclusion$

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$This Viral Math Homework is Tearing the Internet Apart 🛍 Check out my math fashion brand! https://mathshion.com/ ❤️ Join the channel to get exclusive and early videos, original music, math lectures, and more! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyEKvaxi8mt9FMc62MHcliw/join In another case of a nieces math homework going viral on reddit and other social media, we have a piece of math homework that has stirred up many derisive comments from onlookers far and wide. This 3rd grade math problem concerns identifying equal fractions in picture form - and its a pretty solid exercise. So whats all the rumpus about? #mathproblem #viralmaths OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1stl0op/my_nieces_homework_problem/ Outro Song: https://youtube.com/shorts/qp8YRBNMKds (Longer Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw9aWBlCxPc ) More Math Chats: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLztBpqftvzxXQDmPmSOwXSU9vOHgty1RO Business Inquiries: wrathofmathlessons@gmail.com 0:00 Intro 1:50 Marked Wrong 3:58 The Response 8:36 Hypocrisy 9:43 Conclusion$