[the OlLine Rebel]

This is insane. And only making real math, the “core” of the issue, more complex for zero reason.

[Dr. Ursus]

Blacks and whites are now the same; neither can do math!

[RightGeek]

On that basis you can make any number you want.

[hollywood]

In a base-13 number system, 8+5=10. Hmmm, maybe Common Core is really for brainiacs and riddle solvers?

[JimRed]

A misguided attempt to teach critical thinking, without exposing kids to political thought other than that prescribed by the regime. You know the old math saying, “There’s lies, damned lies, and statistics”.

[A_Former_Democrat]

A national movement to start firing all these idiots, admins, “teachers” and politicians associated with this.

[Calvin Locke]

Base13?

[struggle]

When the state tells you that 2+2=5...

[tpmintx]

This is ridiculous. Let’s take a simple addition problem and make it into a subtraction operation and 2 separate addition operations.

5-2 = 3
8 + 2 = 10
10 + 3 = 13

Yeah, that’s a lot simpler than just 8 + 5 = 13. /s

[Girlene]

Huh?

What is the purpose of that question?

[Alex Murphy]

The student responded with confusion, answering the same way most of us would: "You cannot make 10 withe [sic] 8 + 5." The student was told he was wrong. Underneath, his teacher wrote, "Yes you can. Take 2 from the 5 and add it to 8 (8 + 2 = 10). Then add 3." But wait, if you're adding three, it's not 10 any more... It's 13.

The extra three is graft that goes into Obama's pocket.

[LostInBayport]

Now I understand how the administration calculates the unemployment and inflation numbers.

Tell how, when you have 92,000,000 people in a nation of over 300,000,000 not working, you get an unemployment rate of 5.9%.

You take 92,000,000 and remove from it 74,000,000 which gives you 18,000,000 which is roughly six percent of 300,000,000. Common core! Whoo hoo!

[IronJack]

Using that logic, you can also make 5, 6, 111, and -46^^3 when you’re adding 8 and 5.

But it just fits in with the PoMo philosophy that everything is whatever you want it to be.

[CodeToad]

Where did the 2 come from?

Typical liberals, making things up from thin air.

Poor kids will be terribly confused.

[spokeshave]

Maybe they should hire some Australian Aborigine teachers....who count one two, three,....many

[ctdonath2]

Reinforces my developing theory that Common Core math is about sophisticated reasoning, taught by the unsophisticated to the novice. I see what they’re trying to teach, but it’s something that can’t be grasped until primitive steps are learned, internalized, and made intuitive. In this case, someone had a half-baked idea about using insights to juggle values to compute a result from a starting point, but completely missed the point (and goal) and is too self-important to admit (or even recognize) the miss.

[bigbob]

political indoctrination is not enough, now kids won’t even know how to count to 10

[Maceman]

It’s very easy, citizen!

2+2=5

5-2+8+2+3=10

Get it?

Or would you rather have your eyes and face eaten by rats?

So once again: 5-2+8+2+3=10

You see? Excellent. Very good, citizen.

[dforest]

I like my way better.

8+5 = 10 because I ran out of fingers so 8+5 has to be 10.

So easy!

[Mygirlsmom]

Think of all the clerks you can talk into giving you $10 in change when you give them a $20 for a $13 purchase.

"Look....you take the 13 and subtract 10. Then you add it to the 7 that the cash register shows and give me 10 bucks. Didn't you pay attention in math class?"