..or down the columns instead of across the rows! It is indeed likely that the kids who got it (as claimed by the child) probably lucked into it in the afore-de

..or down the columns instead of across the rows! It is indeed likely that the kids who got it (as claimed by the child) probably lucked into it in the afore-described way. But don’t you think that thinking about it first makes more sense than “just start summing”? And if you think about it, and know what an NP hard problem is (as this kid, shockingly! apparently did), you quickly realize that it’s impossible. Then, you need to have the meta-reflective insight that no one would give a third grader an NP hard problem, and that there must be a trick, so then, and only then, do you start to look for patterns, .. and then the bell rings and class is over and you spent the whole time meta-reflecting and looking for a trick in just one stupid problem. Sucks to be smart!