“That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.”

You don’t have to play in a symphony orchestra to realise there’s something not quite right about this question.

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works. pic.twitter.com/EdSSJInqEp

— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) October 9, 2017

Hopefully it was a way of finding out if people have actually read the question properly, otherwise…

If it takes one woman nine months to have a baby, how many months would it take nine women?

— Mike (@mherlhy0816) October 10, 2017

Two options, it is a logic trap question or the question writer is an imbecile.

— D Lindberg (@dlindber) October 9, 2017

Is the conductor the same

— Teddy (@RealUrso) October 9, 2017

Maybe the conductor is on speed.

— デーン, Δίακογος, دين (@TownHallweblog) October 9, 2017

Having to work with just 50% of your previous workforce would be tough for any of us

— Teddy (@RealUrso) October 9, 2017

Here’s the answer in case you’re confused. Glad that’s all sorted!

I don’t understand… it would take 60 players 20 minutes to play Beethoven’s 4.5th symphony… am I missing something?

— Jared (@SilkierMeat) October 9, 2017

Update: the teacher who wrote the question has shared the rest of the worksheet.

I wrote this!! How did you get this??? I am a maths teacher in Nottingham UK. Wrote this 10 years ago. Here is the original whole worksheet pic.twitter.com/jYX55GSBKz

— Claire Longmoor (@LongmoorClaire) October 11, 2017

She also answered the real question.

Trick question just to keep the kids on their toes@

— Claire Longmoor (@LongmoorClaire) October 11, 2017

Finally, some sense of closure.