It's not the famous Cheryl's birthday problem...According to Mothership, this math problem is causing a lot of confusion: "There are 37 students in a class. How many students, at the least, are born in the same month?" Now I think the problem intended for a slightly more difficult question. So I speculate two possibilities and show how those problems could be solved.

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Sources
https://mothership.sg/2018/02/....37-students-same-bir

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bf....GC4sJgu1e/?utm_sourc

https://twitter.com/SakamotoMa....th/status/9637964462

My article: 16 fun applications of the pigeonhole principle
https://mindyourdecisions.com/....blog/2008/11/25/16-f

Cheryl's birthday (more famous viral Singapore math question)
https://mindyourdecisions.com/....blog/2015/04/14/when
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yeEmqUfI6U

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