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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So here is a worksheet from the Common Core workbook for first graders. I showed this to my husband, who can code in fractal mathematics, so he's no slouch. It took him about 10 minutes to figure out what the worksheet was asking and why.  I asked my 12 year old son to look at it. He could not figure out what was being asked of him.

https://twitter.com/NYCdeb8tr/status/450416183372955648/photo/1[/quote]
 Dummy have you not  been reading about the fact that New York has added stuff that is not common core?
Since when do we read stuff on Twitter and take that as gospel???
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Now tell me how you get the answer and whether or not this is appropriate for a six year old, which is the real question at hand.[/quote]

Sure, I'll take a stab at it: 
"I need to answer 13 - 7, but I don't know what that equals. How should I start solving the problem?"
1: Break 13 into its parts - "13" is one group of 10 and three ones, which is what is shown in the picture under step 1 of the worksheet.
2: Take away the 3 ones from thirteen. Now you're left with 10. This is shown by the circled and crossed out part of step 1 of the worksheet.
3: You've taken away 3 and you need to take away 7 total, so you need to take away 4 more. Take away 4 from the 10 you have left. This is shown in step 2 of the worksheet
4: The answer is 6. You have 6 remaining if you start with 13 and take away (subtract) 7.

What math sentence or process do the two pictures on the worksheet show? It shows 13 - 3 -4. The last answer choice is correct.

To answer your second question, I do think this is appropriate for six year old students because it is showing them step by step how to break apart a subtraction problem when they may not know the answer off the top of their head.

However, I don't have a background in elementary education or child development, so my assessment that it's appropriate is just a gut feeling based on the kids I know. If others think this is an inappropriate question for the age, I would be interested in hearing that and why they think so. Maybe someone else can point out something I'm missing.[/quote]

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