[Smokin' Joe]

Actually, the problem did not call for a solution, it called for a number sentence with a gray square in the place of the missing number.

Typically, it is all about procedure, not results.

[Bob]

Sentences belong in English class; equations belong in math class.

[kvanbrunt2]

She probably got an F. And procedural means you follow directions, only. don’t resolve problems. very troubling stuff. kids are not taught how to think. This is an exception or home taught.

[Little Pig]

Joe’s got it. The student isn’t even supposed to actually solve for the answer (the total number of cars). Instead, the student is supposed to describe, in words, the equation that would need to be solved to come up with the answer i.e. “In this problem, in order to come up with the total number of cars, ‘Mike’ would add together the number of blue cars and the number of green cars that he saw”. This is utter tripe, and is why, if “Common Core” survives long enough, my daughter will go to a private school.

[ican'tbelieveit]

He/she got the number sentence (17 + 25 = 42 - with the square around the 42).

[NTHockey]

So, if he had written that “17 is the answer because I saw Lou Costello add that way 7 x 13 = 28. he would get an A for “creative thinking”?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnICFjDn97o