Does compact math get your ready for IM?

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Anonymous wrote:The most ridiculous problem I saw in compacted math 5/6 was: show why 72 degrees is higher than 58 degrees. If you say 72-58 = 14, therefore 72>58, you get only partial credit. Child has to show it with at least 3 different methods to get full credit.

This is when I open up the bottle of wine and pour myself a glass. Three different methods??

Just taking a guess here but maybe:

72-58=14
58+14=72
72-14=58
??

Is it basically trying to show this as a fact family? (Term I learned from my daughter's first grade math last year.)

No, you would have failed this compacted math problem!

Ha! I’m lucky to have grown up in the ‘80s when I could use the traditional subtraction method alone. New math often hurts my head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most ridiculous problem I saw in compacted math 5/6 was: show why 72 degrees is higher than 58 degrees. If you say 72-58 = 14, therefore 72>58, you get only partial credit. Child has to show it with at least 3 different methods to get full credit.

This is when I open up the bottle of wine and pour myself a glass. Three different methods??

Just taking a guess here but maybe:

72-58=14
58+14=72
72-14=58
??

Is it basically trying to show this as a fact family? (Term I learned from my daughter's first grade math last year.)

No, it would be more like show it with a number line

Or probably a thermometer or protractor since the question was about degrees

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems that at a lot of middle schools just move most kids into IM in 6th anyways

Also I hear with new math curriculum there might not be any acceleration option at all. What a mess.

Yup, the goal is to have all 6th grade students in IM.

Ridiculous

Now I know why they got rid of final exams in high school. When 70% of the kids fail, you know your math curriculum sucks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most ridiculous problem I saw in compacted math 5/6 was: show why 72 degrees is higher than 58 degrees. If you say 72-58 = 14, therefore 72>58, you get only partial credit. Child has to show it with at least 3 different methods to get full credit.

This is when I open up the bottle of wine and pour myself a glass. Three different methods??

Just taking a guess here but maybe:

72-58=14
58+14=72
72-14=58
??

Is it basically trying to show this as a fact family? (Term I learned from my daughter's first grade math last year.)

No, you would have failed this compacted math problem!

Ha! I’m lucky to have grown up in the ‘80s when I could use the traditional subtraction method alone. New math often hurts my head.

And the test scores have shown it doesn't work. So here we are on another new math curriculum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The most ridiculous problem I saw in compacted math 5/6 was: show why 72 degrees is higher than 58 degrees. If you say 72-58 = 14, therefore 72>58, you get only partial credit. Child has to show it with at least 3 different methods to get full credit.

This is when I open up the bottle of wine and pour myself a glass. Three different methods??

Just taking a guess here but maybe:

72-58=14
58+14=72
72-14=58
??

Is it basically trying to show this as a fact family? (Term I learned from my daughter's first grade math last year.)

No, you would have failed this compacted math problem!

Ha! I’m lucky to have grown up in the ‘80s when I could use the traditional subtraction method alone. New math often hurts my head.

And the test scores have shown it doesn't work. So here we are on another new math curriculum.

Agree. We will have a new one in another 5 years too.