Best Answer Of All-Time To A Math Question

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A six year-old boy may have given the best answer of all time to a math question. The boy uploaded a screenshot of the boy's homework on Reddit, and it has gone viral. One of the questions on the math test asks whether Bobby or Amy has more money. Bobby has four dimes, and Amy has 30 pennies.

The boy answers the question correctly by saying that Bobby has more money than Amy. The next question asks, how do you know? Show your thinking. The boy draws a stick figure with a thought bubble. The stick figure is also scratching its head. People on Reddit seem to have high hopes for the boy. One commenter stated that the boy will be great one day because he has a lot of sass. Another person stated that the boy's response to the question was absolute

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