Members of Ohio ’s Marion Police Department latterly went above and beyond the call of duty , brushing up on their unproblematic school math skill in the process to help a 5th - grader with her homework .
As ABC News story , 10 - year - old Lena Draper was stymied by problem that call for a combination of addition and multiplication , so she seek aid on the local police force department ’s Facebook page . The student leave a substance , along with a few questions that go forth her scratching her head , including “ ( 8 + 29 ) x 15 . ”
The police messaged Draper back , and briefly explained the mathematical order of operations to her ( refresher course : PEMDAS , which stands for " divagation , index , propagation , part , addition and minus " ) . “ Do the number in the parenthesis first so in gist it would be 37 x 15 , ” they instructed . Draper survey up with a more unmanageable question—"(90 + 27 ) + ( 29 + 15 ) x 2"—and the officers give her additional help .
While their hearts were in the right-hand seat , their numbers were n’t : Draper end up getting the second problem wrong , her female parent later noted , as her math mentors mistakenly instructed her to reset the accession problem in both parentheses , and to multiply that resolution by two . ( Instead , she should have sum the numbers in the second parentheses , multiplied that answer by two , and then tot up the result to the numbers in the first divagation . )
The jury ’s still out on how Draper did on her preparation overall , but the Marion PD received props for their willingness to attend to with community issues big and small . They experience the congratulations with reserve , and in a Facebook statement , explained that they attempt to give back to the community in whatever way they can . This character of incident is “ really just who we are as a Police Department , " the statement noted . " We are profoundly connect with our wonderful citizen and they are incredibly supportive of their police force . ”
“ We really question what first made this child recollect to call upon us for assistance with homework , ” the Marion PD continued . “ We do n’t mind and it ’s not unheard of but still pretty rare . I believe the answer is unproblematic … she was made to believe that we are skilful people who are worthy of her trust and who will be there for her in a pinch . That kind of thing does not happen by accident . ”
you could find out an score of the story in Lena ’s own lyric below , courtesy ofInside Edition .
[ h / tABC News ]
