60 cantaloupes

Only in math problems can you buy 50 cantaloupes and no one asks, "What is wrong with you?"

 

Well, I have questions— is it 50 or 60 cantaloupes? It’s crucial isn’t it?

 

Sjoerd, 50 or 60, that's what I get for posting in the morning before I'm fully awake!

 

Cackle. Oh dear me, Jane.
But the comment really was a funny observation.

 

That's funny, I thought you grew them, then I read that you bought them.

 

Willow, when in elementary school, students are asked "If you buy 60 cantaloupes for X amount of dollars, what does each cantaloupe cost?" It is an exercise in division.
I didn't buy any cantaloupes, much less that many of them!

 

Those math questions often were pretty silly.