Actually, my daughter was into long division by then. She's a freshman now and will take pre-calculus next year and calculus in 11th grade. And this is in a little rural school.

sorry I memt Obummer.

Than again this comment is from an Omummer voter.

Good thing the teacher doesn't work for AAA. She'd probably route the traveler from Miami to Atlanta by way of Dallas.

I found it very confusing. I spoke with a math geek a couple of days ago (a friend of mine) and he said that he can understand the basis of the common core math, because he knows the higher mathematics behind it. He thinks that you should teach the simple (traditional) form to kids, most of whom will never have the perspective of higher math from which to say, "Oh. I see how that works." when they look back on common core.

Perhaps your own knack for math has lead you to believe that this is actually a reasonable way to teach the subject. I think it is not.

I do, however, think that this is good job insurance for those people who were taught a functional mathematical system, or for those children at private/home schools who can actually learn math and history and language skills. When robots take over the entry level job market, the common core trained people are the people who will be displaced; the ones who predated the common core or who escaped it will be the ones programming the robots.

So, you see, it all works out. For some values of 'works out'.

Jan

I wish to invite all the Common Core creators to my Jurassic Park paddock for a demo in government sanctioned obfuscation that includes the use of my tail and a bungee cord..
The best view of me may be obtained under the clearly labeled security electronics section where another sign states, "For the love of God, do not pull down this lever!"

the march to the continued dumbing down of the youth of america.

Another problem with this textbook is that it is stated to be a 3rd grade text. Don't know about you guys, but I wasn't learning addition and subtraction in Ms Brown's 3rd grade. We were in multiplication by then, but those were the 70s. We can't expect that from kids anymore.

There is definitely madness...

And unless you're working for Intel or Nvidia on a new processor, you don't need binary math.

I'm surprised there wasn't another 4 step example of how to add the numbers that were "extracted".

Complicate the simple. Now since I can teach this complicated BS, I deserve a raise.

I think there may be a method to this madness. Perhaps the point is to think about the problem from a process prospective. I say this because the method for subtraction feel like an algorithm. Mastering this method may help in learning binary subtraction in a computer.

What exactly are you saying? The example is good math??

Unlike some of the other school worksheets people try to politicize, this one actually makes sense and isn't all that confusing.

And they wonder why they couldn't design a website that worked.

speechless. Every single parent in the U.S. needs to PULL their kids from school and DEMAND NO KOMMON KORE to be taught in ANY school and until then THE KIDS WILL NOT BE COMING BACK.

Saul Alinsky would approve of this method too. Why? Because in his words "it would collapse the system". Folks, it's time to use the same methods they use on us, back onto them.