"New Math" vs "Old Way" - highlights how easy it is to present a problem that gives your preferred method the advantage.
http://imgur.com/uePcpfB On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is just showing the steps, nothing complicated at all. > > You have 427 and you want to take away 316. The way to do it quickly and > easily in your head: > > 316 is three 100s, so take away three 100s. 427,327,227. And it is one 10. > Now we've got 217. And now we are taking away six 1s. > 216,215,214,213,212,211. Your answer. > > Judah > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:47 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > yeah see that looks foreign to me....just like Cold Fusion did the first > > time I saw it. > > > > I'll have to LEARN a little bit, won't I? Then, i'll take that out for a > > spin and see if I think i've learned something better, easier and faster. > > THen i'll be in a better position to offer an opinion on CC. > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > The solution is on the top of the page. > > > 427 - 100 = 327 > > > - 100 = 227 > > > - 100 - 127 > > > - 10 = 117 > > > - 1 = 116 > > > - 1 = 115 > > > - 1 = 114 > > > - 1 = 113 > > > -1 = 112 > > > -1 = 111 answer > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 2:25 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Of course it is out of context. I have never seen the instructions > for > > > how > > > > I'm supposed to approach a math problem using common core, so how am > i > > > > supposed to look at the example of a common core problem, and say how > > > > absurd it is???? > > > > > > > > Oh, wait, i know the answer to that: I"m supposed to have a knee-jerk > > > > emotional reaction to it, and then pass it along. THat's how "viral" > > > works, > > > > right? > > > > > > > > Sorry, i will not be used as a pawn. I'll THINK first. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
