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To: BitWielder1
Tell him it won't hurt him one bit to know two different ways to do something, then he can choose which one works best for him.

It will hurt his grades. Most common core math problems start with "using method X" and end with "show your work". They aren't interested in getting the right answer, they care more about your process. Which might be okay if they didn't come up with needlessly complex and ridiculous processes to solve simple problems.

Like how they want you to find the sum 23 + 28. kids are told to subtract 3, add 2, add 20 + 30 = 50, add 3, subtract 2 to get 51. Five steps, not kidding.

14 posted on 03/25/2015 12:28:51 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: pepsi_junkie
Like how they want you to find the sum 23 + 28. kids are told to subtract 3, add 2, add 20 + 30 = 50, add 3, subtract 2 to get 51. Five steps, not kidding.

The funny part of this is that when I have to solve a complex arithmetic problem in my head, I do something like this example: make adjustments to some of the terms until the operation is easy, then undo the adjustments. But doing the problem pencil-and-paper, there's no need to do it that way. Use the conventional algorithms for multiplication, division, or whatever. If the kid becomes proficient in arithmetic, he'll eventually figure out how to do it in his head the "common core" way. No one had to teach me.

19 posted on 03/25/2015 5:09:47 PM PDT by JoeFromSidney (Book RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY, available from Amazon.)
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