Confusing Math Problems

Looks like a bar graph to me. 20 orders total. ( unless my old eyes couldn't count those tiny xes on my phone. ) I would expect more questions like how many orders for 1/4 pound etc.

Well, it looks as though above the line represents a sort of bar graph of orders for ham of different weights (shown below the line). I'd say that it's asking for the total number of orders of all weights, which just means counting the x's (20), I'd expect the other questions to ask for something like the total weight of ham needed to fulfil the orders (multiply the weights for each column by the number of x's in that column and add the results) Little Miss ought to have been shown this system before in class, though with the current situation, that may have been missed out or not have been clear if she's doing online classes.

I was never good at it, honestly.

20 X would mean 20 orders. I am surprised they do not ask how many for each pound.

I had enough problems with math as a kid, but how they do math now days? It is so confusing. I tried helping my niece and she was telling me how they added problems and I taught her how we learned and she was like "that was a lot easier...Why do they make us do it this way?" I have no idea!

6 pounds? Surely she can email the teacher and ask questions?