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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Indiana.  LOL.  This problem is idiotic.  [b]Who of us who learned the traditional way, rote algorithms to do calculations quickly and efficiently, do NOT understand that when you subtract you are subtracting hundreds and tens and ones.[/b]  Who needs to be hit over the head with a hammer with those concepts?  I never had a problem not knowing this and this approach in the worksheet is totally confusing and making something easy much more difficult.  [/quote]

Lots, actually. Just ask the PP's physicsist father-in-law. Or you -- a number line is not conceptually complicated, and you shouldn't be confused by it.

More to the point: THERE IS NO COMMON CORE STANDARD THAT SAYS "CHILDREN WILL NOT LEARN THE ROTE ALGORITHM". In fact, you cannot meet the Common Core standards unless you ALSO know the rote algorithm. [/quote]

The thing shown in the problem is not a number line.  I am confused by what is shown.  Addition and subtraction are linear operations and I wouldn't want my kid learning from this type of problem that you can assign arbitrary values for equally spaced increments on a line.  This is a ridiculous problem.  If you want to teach true proficiency you teach in a number of different ways and drill to develop proficiency.  This is overthinking and it's a waste of time.  [/quote]

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