British teens had the funniest reactions to their nightmarish maths exam

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British teens had the funniest reactions to their nightmarish maths exam
Judging by the Twitter reactions, today's GCSE maths exam wasn't the best. Credit: Getty Images/twitter/@livblackman

LONDON -- It's been just over a week since British teenagers took to Twitter to lament their disastrous biology exam, and it doesn't look as though the GCSE situation has improved much since then.

Thursday morning was time for one of the big ones: maths.

Going in, things weren't looking good.

People were really, really hoping for those sweet stem and leaf questions.



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Four hours later, though, that dream was crushed.



The lack of stem and leaf questions wasn't the only problem, either.

The question about Angie's floor varnish wasn't too popular.





There was also a question about tennis that drummed up quite a big reaction.



Overall, the exam seemed to be a bit of a mixed bag.

And everyone was glad to see the back of it.


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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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