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No, only 1 answers the question how many are dogs. [/quote]

I agree.  It's pretty obvious that the correct result has an = followed by the actual answer to the question.  11-7=4 correctly answers the question.   7+4 = 11 is part of the same fact family, but it answers the question "If you have 7 cats and 4 dogs, how many animals do you have altogether?"  11-4 = 7 answers the question of how many cats there are, if you had been given that there are 11 animals and 4 dogs.  It's pretty basic math, and it's not at all dissimilar to the problems my kids received on regular fcps homework and exams in 1st grade.  [/quote]

The teacher is right about this question, it's terrible. There are many ways to think about the word problem and solve the equation. People who don't recognize this were mediocre math students, like I was. In high school a smart friend told me, "the reason math isn't fun for you is that your class only learns how to solve problems one way. But there are actually many ways to solve an equation, and that's what is fun for me." [/quote]

If you're a self-professed mediocre math student, why are you even weighing in on this?  As an excellent math student, I can flat out tell you that you're wrong and have no clue what you're talking about.  FWIW, the teacher who wrote the article is almost certainly another mediocre math student.  After all, people who are exceptional with math don't enter elementary education fields.  [/quote]

DP.  I majored in engineering.  Is that good enough?

More relevantly, I look at my DC's math papers and he doesn't use the equal sign to point to the answer, even in 2nd grade.  [/quote]

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