One month vs over a month

[ysaidislam]

So just recently I've had my official ielts test and there were true false ng questions in the first passage. One of the questions said: Children recorded themselves for one month, while the text said: Children recorded themselves for over a month (A simplified version). So is this true false or not given???

 

[IELTS-Community]

In order to be true a statement and the question should imply the same things but words used can be different.
Here, over a month implies the same thing as one month. The statement should be true.

 

[ysaidislam]

I mean isnt it supposed to be false because of 'over'?

 

[IELTS-Community]

A false statement contradicts or says something opposite to the given question. That does not seem to be the case this time.

 

[ysaidislam]

But the q says precisely one month whereas in the text it is over a month (more than one month). How come this is not contradicting?

 

[IELTS-Community]

Oh, sorry. By mistake, my initial response was on 'over the month'. You are right. The statement and the question are not equal and the same thing.