The new 'new math' mystifies parents

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You can't take 3 from 2, 2 is less than 3, so you look at the 4 in the 10s place. Now that's really 4-10s, so you make it 3-10s, regroup & you change a 10 to 10-1s & you add them to the 2 & get 12 & you take away 3, that's 9. (not a repeat from 1965)

Quick: What's 6 times 8? The answer, of course, is 48. But how you get to that conclusion depends on whether you went to school decades ago or you're a child in school today.

A few decades back, students were taught multiplication tables - 6 times 8 is 48 and so forth; rote memorization and formulas were the order of the day.

Today, schools are focusing more on getting children to better understand why answers are what they are, that there are multiple routes to the answers and how to apply that understanding.



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WTF?

FYI-if you need to get 3 from 2 just ask any govt. They spend 3 billion when they only collect 2 billion all the time so it is possible.

Stupid parents.

My daughter said the other day that a couple of her classmates said she was lucky, because her parents were smart enough to be able to help her with her homework.

Kids who can't figure stuff out on there own are often screwed by our schools, even if they're smart.

Stupid educators.