Not only must she learn the way I learned, but there are two new methods. And when taking a test will have to demonstrate she knows how to solve all three ways.
Here are 3 ways to solve 162 x 7. The first one on the left is how I learned. The other two are mere confusion for me.
Seriously? You never had to use these other methods? We had to rewrite the problems as 7x100, 7x60, and 7x2 all the time. Looking back, I think it was their way of helping us learn about place value and the decimal system. For me it seemed to be a lot of busy work. Why write all that when it was already happening in my head anyway? (Can you tell I had a hard time with geometry proofs?)
ReplyDeleteThe one with the triangle boxes was like a miracle for a couple of children I was tutoring. Until then, it was all a bunch of steps someone had told them to learn and remember. Suddenly, the magic was gone and it was real math again.
Just so you know, it's not going to get any easier to keep up with their homework as the years go by. :)
Ok, I am not looking forward to Delaney, having to do math, because I don't understand any of that, lol.
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