If you're anything like me, chances are that you hated maths in school and needed more than a little help with your homework.
In the early days of my struggle with numbers, my parents could quite easily help me solve the problem, but as the sums went on, that wasn't always possible.
However, despite all this, there are some levels of math that I would like to think I'd be able to tackle easily, like a seven-year-old's homework.
But one mom was unable to do this very thing, and that's why she took to the internet for help, The Sun reports.
Sharing a snap of the tricky problem on the Facebook group Family Lockdown Tips and Tricks, Teresa Hopper wrote: "I hate homework. Please help! Is the answer to a) & b) the same or am I missing something?!"
The difficult question reads: "Karla says: "I have three hundreds counters, 17 tens counters and 16 ones counters [sic].
"a) Can she make two equal three-digit numbers? If so, draw the counters to show them.
"b) Can she make two equal three-digit numbers if she had to use all her counters? If so, draw the counters to show them."
However, despite the fact that this question was aimed at a seven-year-old child, even the collective adult brains of this Facebook group couldn't work it out - and it even stumped a person with a Ph.D. in maths.
One person wrote: "Clearly not for a 40 year old woman, I'm lost [sic]."
A second added: "I'm 45 and I can't work it out lol."
Meanwhile, to the amusement of the entire group, a third wrote: "I have a PhD in maths, and I have no idea what this question is asking. Unless there’s a diagram to go with it, or more explanation somewhere else [sic]."
As per News.com.au, Teresa told Fabulous Digital that they managed to get it right in the end, answering 172 for a and 243 for b.
She said: "I did and the teacher has marked it as correct! I certainly didn’t expect it to be so difficult."
