Allen,
I have to wonder if the Abbott and Costello routines of "You have two AP>-> 10's for a 5??", and "13 times 7 is 28" gave Common Core ideas. :P
I am told it is to teach them the concept of "base 10" I am sorry but AP>I've not yet worked a job where I had to use any calculus or higher math AP>I have ever taken much less base ten and I took calculus II.
They tried years ago to get the U.S. to go to metric, but there's too
much resistance. They use metrics with the math in the ham radio license
exams, and to me, it's easier.
In fact, when my Mom (who will be 90 in September) was in school over
70 years ago, they were saying then that "the metric system was on the
way". We know how that turned out. :P Makes as much sense as the tagline
below.
Common core is a joke.
Exactly. Kids don't know their math tables (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division). If their calculator or smartphone fails
(as it will with an EMP), they are screwed (for that matter, everyone
else is as well). But, while I can do calculations in my head, I'll
never be as good as my late father, who was comptroller for Swift
Independent Packing Company before he retired.
Daryl
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