Why? Isn't that how you do it in your head? If not, how would you do it in your head? Say a simple problem like

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May 12, 2024
10:37:23pm

HarlemCoug Truly Addicted User

43,000 divided by 25.

I don't see how old math is easier here.

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HarlemCoug

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I hate helping kids with math. Why can't they be taught normal math?

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

May 12, 8:30pm

Ikr! I teach mine and they tell me that’s not how it works now, but I tell them what I’m showing them isn’t wrong.

Texas Hammer

May 12, 8:38pm

RE: I hate helping kids with math. Why can't they be taught normal math?

IAmSpartyCoug

May 12, 8:44pm

It's dumb because it's not math.

Division Bell

May 12, 8:45pm

Old math is worse. The new methods teach kids better ways to think about how numbers really work.

HarlemCoug

May 12, 8:48pm

RE: Old math is worse. The new methods teach kids better ways to think about how

Dark Forest Green

May 12, 9:09pm

Yeah, and also how not to actually do math in a real setting

Bob Vance

May 12, 9:27pm

I don't follow. All of my "real settings" where I do math is A. In my head. B. At my computer. New math is better suited

HarlemCoug

May 12, 10:18pm

I find when I help my kids the new way is much closer to how I do it in my head

DiamondMo

May 12, 9:40pm

Agreed. But this is the point right? New math is how nearly all of us do math in our head. It's wise to teach kids

HarlemCoug

May 12, 10:18pm

Have you seen the new math division approach? Ridiculous.

septicpumper

May 12, 10:31pm

Why? Isn't that how you do it in your head? If not, how would you do it in your head? Say a simple problem like

HarlemCoug

May 12, 10:37pm

No. My daughter majored in math and was good at it because I taught her how to

CasualFan

May 13, 9:40am

New math. Old math. It’s still math. Math is terrible and boring. Words rule.

pink22

May 12, 9:01pm

Check out ‘new math’ by Tom Lehrer. Then his other videos. You can thank me

eyes4byu

May 12, 9:08pm

Poisoning pigeons, that is.

eyes4byu

May 12, 9:15pm

Except for the ones we take home to experiment

DiamondMo

May 12, 9:39pm

Because they carry computers in their pockets.

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