(ABC News)--Police across the country are used to solving puzzles, but one Ohio police department recently got a plea for help from a local girl seeking to solve a puzzle of a more mathematical bent.

MARION, OH — Police officers are used to patrolling the streets, catching bad guys and fighting crime. Tackling 5th grade math homework? Not so much. But an officer in Marion, Ohio, went beyond the ...

Struggling with math homework might not technically be an emergency, but, when you’re 10, it can certainly feel like it. Recently, an Ohio fifth grader contacted the police for homework help — and, ...

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(CNN) Police officers are used to patrolling the streets, catching bad guys and fighting crime. Tackling 5th grade math homework? Not so much. But an officer in Marion, Ohio, went beyond the call of ...

A US dad took to Reddit after getting stumped by his fifth grader’s math homework, and it wasn’t just him. The question, involving bottles and basic arithmetic, left many scratching their heads. A dad ...

Forget speaking in public or death, our greatest fear should be, “Help your fifth-grade child with their math homework.” Before COVID-19 we all expressed our deepest love and respect for the teachers ...

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U.S. 4th grade teachers assign less math homework than their colleagues in other nations but their students get more help with it. These are among the findings of a preliminary research study ...