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Spot the Error Math Fails – Can You Find the Mistake?

10 real world math fails, mistakes, math errors

Round 2 – These are so much fun for my students, that I had to put together another group of 10 Real World Math Fails. I tell my students daily to check their answers- does their answer make sense, especially in the context of their problem? The following pictures are some examples of people who have not checked their answers in the real world. My students love seeing these, finding the errors and laughing at the mistakes adults made.

Click the pictures to take you to the original site that I found them. If there isn’t a link, it was just a picture or had a dead link.

Walmart Rollback - Math Error
Walmart Rollback Sign! Not sure I want this “sale”
Math pricing error- Students find the mistake
Math Fail- Real World
Math Fail?
Math fail, math error, real world mistake
Whose job was it to make the sign?
Walmart math error, real world math mistake, math fail
Umm…..I’m a little worried.
real world math mistake, math fail, restaurant fail, find the mistake
Poor Jessie! She forgot to line her numbers up by place value.
real world math mistake, math fail, find the mistake
Forever 21 Mistake
real world math mistake, math fail, find the mistake
Again, whose job is it to make these signs?
real world math mistake, math fail, find the mistake
Not sure this is a sale….
real world math mistake, math fail, find the mistake
I would have to really want a banana to pay this much!

Bonus: Not real world but I love it!

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