Beckham baffled by son's homework

**sligoman** · 26/02/2006, 6:10 PM

Superstar David Beckham, whose mental agility has been questioned before in the media, has said his six-year-old son's maths homework leaves him baffled.

The England captain and Real Madrid midfielder was forced to call on his wife Victoria, a former member of the Spice Girls pop group, to help their son Brooklyn with a school assignment because the footballer found the sums too difficult.

"Their homework is so hard these days," Beckham, 30, said in an interview with the Mail on Sunday. "It's totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school, and you know I was like 'Oh my God, I can't do this'."

Multi-millionaire Beckham, who has become regular tabloid fare because of his dress sense and hairstyles, said after failing in mathematics he offered to read a book with Brooklyn instead.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/26022006/80...-homework.html

**micls** · 26/02/2006, 6:14 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Superstar David Beckham, whose mental agility has been questioned before in the media, has said his six-year-old son's maths homework leaves him baffled.

The England captain and Real Madrid midfielder was forced to call on his wife Victoria, a former member of the Spice Girls pop group, to help their son Brooklyn with a school assignment because the footballer found the sums too difficult.

"Their homework is so hard these days," Beckham, 30, said in an interview with the Mail on Sunday. "It's totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school, and you know I was like 'Oh my God, I can't do this'."

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/26022006/80...-homework.html

Thank god this man can play football

**Poor Student** · 26/02/2006, 6:30 PM

He said teached and not taught just to crown it off it seems.

**A face** · 27/02/2006, 12:31 AM

Oh my gawd !!

**Dazzy** · 27/02/2006, 8:30 AM

Originally Posted by Poor Student

He said teached and not taught just to crown it off it seems.

I bet he was glad no UCD fans were around at the time

**ollie** · 27/02/2006, 11:53 AM

why does this not surprise me...?

**Metrostars** · 27/02/2006, 2:45 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Thank God this man can play football.

We are all so proper, are we not today?

**micls** · 27/02/2006, 2:57 PM

Originally Posted by Metrostars

We are all so proper, are we not today?

**hamish** · 27/02/2006, 3:41 PM

There's a channel called "The Great British Quiz", it's the channel just before BBC1 on the Sky set up.
For the last week - at least - they have a maths question and nobody can get it right.
This is exactly as it's shown

Twenty five divided by five =

1+2+3 x 4 =

12 x 0 =

101 - 99 =

The contestants are asked to add up the totals after =.

I got 31 but someone else phoned that number in and was called wrong???

I mean 25 divided by 5 is 5.
1 plus 2 plus 3 is 6, multiplied by 4 is 24
12 times nothing is 0
101-99 is 2

So, 5 + 24 + 0 + 2 is 31.

It's on channel 166.

Where's the catch here??

Some have given answers like 1306.125 etc but no one can figure it out.

**Schumi** · 27/02/2006, 3:47 PM

1+2+3 x 4 = 15

There's no brackets so you multiply the 3 by the 4 first and then add the rest.

**Roo69** · 27/02/2006, 3:51 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

1+2+3 x 4 = 15

There's no brackets so you multiply the 3 by the 4 first and then add the rest.

Nerd

**micls** · 27/02/2006, 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by Schumi

1+2+3 x 4 = 15

There's no brackets so you multiply the 3 by the 4 first and then add the rest.

Yep answer is 22 i think

Originally Posted by sirhamish

no one can figure it out.

Thats surprising... spose people forget the little things they learn in primary school

**hamish** · 27/02/2006, 3:55 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Yep answer is 22 i think

22 has just been phoned in and adjudged wrong and 31 was phoned in again -wrong again too.

I also multiplied 4 by 3 to get 12 and added 1+3 and ended up with 22 total but no luck there either.

Is this some kind of con??

**micls** · 27/02/2006, 3:59 PM

http://foot.ie/showpost.php?p=431900&postcount=2

**hamish** · 27/02/2006, 4:06 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Just turned it on there it says add the numbers not the answers

Now I'm totally baffled?? What's with the "=" and the "x" so???

BTW 222 and 252 were also adjudged wrong.

Maybe this is the homework Beckham is puzzled about???

**micls** · 27/02/2006, 4:10 PM

Originally Posted by sirhamish

Now I'm totally baffled?? What's with the "=" and the "x" so???

BTW 222 and 252 were also adjudged wrong.

Maybe this is the homework Beckham is puzzled about???

I thik the answer is either 24 or 54 again depending on the written numbers. Its a -99.

The = and x are to confuse and make it more difficult-itd be too easy otherwise

**hamish** · 27/02/2006, 4:13 PM

Originally Posted by strangeirish

244....

How did you get that??

BTW I've no intention of entering this - probably costs a fortune to phone in although some woman from Wexford tried last week.

Anyway if the answer WAS 244 AND I phoned in and got it right that would be lousy of me OSO - and you know I wouldn't dream of doing that to you.

You know that. Don't you.

EDIT - talk about a coincidence

- as I typed this someone called Hamish** has this second phoned in with 52 - wrong also.

(**It was Hamish as in Hay-mish not Ham - ish, as my nickname is pronounced .

22 has just been phoned in again.

BTW the prize is £27.840 for this answer.

**A face** · 27/02/2006, 4:50 PM

I think a few of ye are better off following David Beckhams lead ... he has started playing jig-saws with Brooklyn, its way easier !!

**hamish** · 27/02/2006, 5:11 PM

Originally Posted by A face

I think a few of ye are better off following David Beckhams lead ... he has started playing jig-saws with Brooklyn, its way easier !!

LOL - that maths problem is doing my head in - time for tottywatch for a while.

**monkey magic** · 27/02/2006, 9:23 PM

Originally Posted by micls

Just turned it on there it says add the numbers not the answers

maybe then they are suggesting that you do not include the first part as its written and not stated numerically, in which case the answer is 17

P.S. feel free to phone this in hamish, being away at college means i no longer have the luxury of sky at my disposal for such pursuits