Following Directions
Math tests are generally not a happy memory for most people, no matter your age, especially when the teacher didn’t allow you to use a calculator. This student, not really understanding the directions on the test, took an interesting and different approach that unfortunately, probably didn’t work out for him.
The directions asked the students to write a less-than sign or a greater-than sign for each problem. But the way the directions were written was a bit confusing and open for interpretation, so we can’t exactly blame the student for their clever attempt. Sadly, we’re thinking that this kid’s teacher probably marked 1a all the way through 1e incorrect.