As thousands of Year 11 students across the UK tackle their mock exams, one thing has teachers and parents equally stumped: the rise of the so-called “impossible” GCSE maths question. Lindsey Wright, ...

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This week, teenagers across the UK have been sitting their GCSE exams in a range of subjects, including maths. However, one particular GCSE calculation, dubbed 'impossible', has left even parents ...