Math ain't what it used to be.

Allison is in 3rd grade and as a college graduate I assumed helping her with math would be easy. But I was wrong. Math is a whole new ballgame now.

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.