A Hopscotch chart that doesn’t make sense.
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  • 350 points ArelMCII

    I get the 1/2 squares, sorta, since there's two of them. It's not good math, but there's a logic there. (Like when your parents count to three and make a really big deal about 2-1/2 to show they're not fucking around.)

    But I'm lost at the 1/4 and 3/4.

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    183 points SerExcelsior

    I think the 1/4 3/4 squares are meant to be touched separately, whereas the two 1/2 squares are touched at the same time?

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    50 points BabyCowGT

    If it was bigger, I'd guess maybe you're supposed to hop on those like a frog and put hands and 1 foot in the "3/4" and the other foot in the "1/4"? But it looks like that's a gogurt type thing

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    34 points miraculum_one

    It's meant to indicate a rhythm. 1/2 is a half note, 1/4 is a quarter note, and 3/4 is a dotted half note. Once you see it being done correctly it makes perfect sense.

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    28 points ArelMCII

    So it goes 1, 2, 3, step real quick on 4-1/2, trip on 5-1/4, and faceplant on 6.

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    1 points Final-Handle-7117

    🤣

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    11 points H0rnyMifflinite

    1/4 limb on one 3/4 limbs on the other. Not amputee friendly.

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    1 points fugahge

    You put 1/4 of your leg on that part

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  • 101 points TomTuff

    Pretty sure the halfs are two feet at the same time, then 1/4 and 3/4 are done in that order with left and right foot

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    20 points Vaxica

    It's obviously for people with 4 legs. Come on!

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    16 points banananagramming

    This is a unicorn themed gogurt, the other side says something like "fun unicorn fact: they cheat at hopscotch" so yeah it's pretty much for people with 4 legs too :)

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  • 40 points Impressive_Stress808

    Hopscootch never made sense to me as a game anyway. I'm either really good at hopping on one leg sometimes, or I never learned the correct rules.

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  • 23 points WombatAnnihilator

    I thought that was a tampon wrapper

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    12 points ArelMCII

    So did I at first. Then I thought "Why would there be hopscotch on a tampon wrapper?" But I don't use tampons and was afraid to say anything in case there was some reason for tampon hopscotch that makes perfect sense if you have a uterus.

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    2 points AYandereKitsune

    Maybe they would need to remember how to do hopscotch so they can get it out easier /s

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  • 11 points Ok-Addition1264

    The joke is that when you land on two feet, you are "splitting" the number.

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    7 points _PM_ME_PANGOLINS_

    4 1/2 + 4 1/2 is 9, not 4

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  • 10 points DinosaurAlive

    This is completely nonsensical and it’s apparently very divisive. 😂 Definitely crappy design.

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  • 7 points LegitimatePenguin

    I think its just to teach basic fractions

    I.e. 1/2 + 1/2 = 1 and 1/4 + 3/4 = 1

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  • 3 points KatieTSO

    That's because it's AI

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  • 5 points MINATO8622

    My guess is that it's made with AI, so it's nonsensical altogether.

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  • 4 points iglidante

    I'm a millennial who never learned hopscotch, so this is a wild discussion to peep.

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    2 points ArelMCII

    It's pretty simple. You toss a coin or a pebble or something before you start. One foot per square, so you're hopping on one foot when there's no side-by-side squares. You jump over the square the coin/pebble/whatever is in and pick it up as you go. (When I was a kid, most kids picked it up before jumping over the square just because that was easier than trying to lean back.) If you lose your balance or have more than one foot in a square at any time, you're out.

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    3 points party_shaman

    Where do the numbers come in?

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    2 points dTrecii

    It’s to help teach young kids who are learning math what the sequence of numbers look like while making it into a game that also helps them learn balance and coordination. You jump (typically done with one foot only) towards the corresponding number you throw the pebble towards in the right order, to and back

    i.e. if the pebble lands on 7, you start at 1 counting up to 7 and counting back down to one without losing your balance or hopping onto the wrong number.

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  • 3 points feed-the-rats

    Seems you’re supposed to be learning fractions, so step in order. The ones that are the same would be stepped at the same time

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  • 1 points NorCalFrances

    I'd know exactly how to do it if I saw that chalked on the sidewalk.

    hint: on some of the doubles you put both feet down, on others you hop on one side then the other.

    second hint: you just hop or jump them in numerical order. If two are the same, you land with both feet.

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  • 1 points Mudfap

    The 3/4 tiles are to indicate which foot you hop with for the next square.

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  • 1 points zoinkagain

    No! It's so tiny!

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  • 1 points nile-istic

    If you can hop from 1 to 3 to 5 3/4 on one foot, you're instantly teleported to Hogwarts.

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  • 1 points Logical-Safe4649

    Looks like a penis

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  • 1 points -TheycallmeThe

    It's just in metric /s

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  • 1 points Fbeastie

    Hopping the squares correctly will send you to another dimension.

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  • 0 points crusty_jengles

    Honestly this makes decent sense to me

    1/2's are two foot hops, 1/4&3/4 are one at a time

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  • -21 points AltarsArt

    I swear to god it’s like you guys never had to do mundane tasks like adding fractions and it shows

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    11 points TheDiBZ

    The fractions don’t add to anything significant 🥀🥀

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    -19 points AltarsArt

    No shit it’s a simple children’s exercise not quantum hopscotch

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    13 points TheDiBZ

    Brother what the fuck do the fractions mean then if a simple children’s exercise? Fr I’m lost as to what your original point is

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    -21 points AltarsArt

    You responded on my thread not the other way around. You have the issue here if you are not understanding this

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    10 points DinosaurAlive

    What’s to understand? You came in aggressively and not making any sense. You brought it up, the onus is on you.

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    1 points judgeafishatclimbing

    In other words: you cannot explain it as well, therefore you come with a copout like 'this is my thread' 😂

    Indeed it's quantum hopscotch, luckily for you. Since you cannot even handle elementary logic.

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    0 points AltarsArt

    In other words I already explained it. Adding fractions

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    1 points judgeafishatclimbing

    Lol, you didn't explain anything. You just showed your own lack of critical thinking 😂

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    31 points judgeafishatclimbing

    No you didn't. No one has to.

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    -5 points [deleted]

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    3 points judgeafishatclimbing

    You using it only keeps it alive longer.

    Good for you for not caring about downvotes I guess?🙄

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    -5 points Digital_Pharmacist

    I mean, I don’t give a shit about downvotes. Neither should you 😁

    If we keep using it, the kids will stop. So hey, I’ll keep doing it. 🫡

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    4 points judgeafishatclimbing

    Cool, I don't. Weird assumption. And yeah that's not how any of that works.

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    0 points judgeafishatclimbing

    I thought you didn't care about downvotes and did it to stop 6-7?

    You deleting your own comment just proved otherwise, and that your fragility didn't like the downvotes😂

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    1 points Digital_Pharmacist

    Oh, 6-7

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