The REAL Answer To The Viral Chinese Math Problem “How Old Is The Captain?“

Media outlets around the world went crazy over a 5th grade math exam question in China. But they all missed the real story! The problem actually dates back to French researchers in 1979. In this video I present the real story to the viral “Chinese“ captain’s age question. Subscribe: Update thanks to comment from Markus Schüt: the origin dates back to 1841 in a letter Flaubert wrote! See: My blog post for this video: Captain’s age question “If a ship had 26 sheep and 10 goats onboard, how old is the ship’s captain?“ South China Morning Post The Portal (Chinese) RT