One Day at a Time: Kids Answers on Tests

I am a teacher. Because I hang around other teachers, we often send one another things we find funny, either of our own students or students from other places.

For this post, I have compiled a few of those funny, smart aleck answers students have written on their assignments. I hope they will bring a smile, a chuckle, a light hearted moment in your day, as we take it One Day at a Time.

Name the Quadrilateral

Generally speaking, students first learn about quadrilaterals in 5th grade. They learn about their properties and names. Hope, the young lady who completed the assignment, either has a great sense of humor or was absent the day they covered the information. Here are the answers she wrote on her test:

This particular pictures has made it on several websites across the globe.

I was unable to pinpoint the original and, therefore, give it the proper credit.

Find the X

X marks the spot on a map, for pirates.

X Marks the Spot

However, if you are not a pirate, x represents a variable and you are required to find its numerical value. This student decided to find the x the pirate's way. I don't think he received the credit he expected.

Find x

This child is not incorrect

Even though this student did not give the answer the teacher expected, this child is not totally incorrect, especially if this is a daily scenario

This image can be found on several websites,
I found it on Winkgo.

Even the teacher found this funny!

To expand something in math it means to multiply the terms so we get rid of the parenthesis. This student took expanding to a different level, but even the teacher agrees it was a funny way to do it.

This one was taken from Green Lemon

After math, let's look at some of the funny answers students gave on other tests.

Oh where, oh where was the document signed...

The Declaration of Independence was and is a pretty special, important, and well known document, at least in the USA.
This student, however, might have not taken the time to review its history. He is not wrong, but this is definitely not the answer the teacher expected.