They can use different words—but math is still math.
This jejune thread is enervating.
No, math is not still math under “common core.” Now there are “friendly numbers” !!!
Math is not math anymore. This is real.
“Colbert also highlighted a Common Core second grade problem that has become popular among parents on social media:
Mike saw 17 blue cars and 25 green cars at the toy store. How many cars did he see? Write a number sentence with a [grey box] for the missing number. Explain how the number sentence shows the problem.
“And there’s hard proof that the Common Core is already opening our children’s minds to new ways of thinking,” Colbert continued. “Just look at this actual answer to that question given by a California second-grader.”
17 + 25 = 42 I got the answer by talking in my brain and I agreed of the answer that my brain got.
“Folks, this child has a bright future,” quipped Colbert. “He’s only in second grade and can already clearly explain what it feels like to think. Now we just need to get him to explain what that feels like to whoever wrote the Common Core question.”