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Math Pop Quiz Stumps Teacher Union Head
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Posted on 12/30/2006 9:36:31 AM PST by achilles2000
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To: The Drowning Witch
You have to find the nearest number common to both. That is determined by multiplying the 3 by the 4 to get 12. Thus 1/3rd of 12 is 4, and 1/4th of 12 is 3. Add the 4 and the 3 and you get 7 12/ths.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:10:41 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: evad
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:11:51 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: Old Professer
Zoiks - that is the first time I have seen it done THAT way. I like it!
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:13:52 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: RavenATB
I was right, and you were wrong. LOL.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:14:06 AM PST
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: Old Professer
Add the denominators and raise the sum over the product of the denominators, 1/3+1/4: 3+4=7; 3*4=12; move sum to top for 7/12. 1/2+1/3: 2+3=5; 2*3=6; 5/6 is the answer.Yo Pro..
Try that one with 2/3 + 1/7
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:14:21 AM PST
by
evad
To: The Drowning Witch
1/3 = 1/3 x 4/4 = 4/12
1/4 = 1/4 x 3/3 = 3/12
4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12
To: RavenATB
And this is the problem. There are way too many underwater basketweavers in education and they run the show. People teaching math in middle schools aren't often even certified in math.
And there are no lower standards in all of academia than primary school education. Not even sociology or even women's studies.
I know plenty of people on this thread say that they can't add fractions, but they aren't the chief educator of a major teacher's union. Every elementary school teacher is supposed to teach fractions. What is your kid enduring if his teacher has this level of knowledge?
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:15:01 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: The Drowning Witch
Pinging you to the Professor's method - I like it!
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:15:02 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: achilles2000
Whoa, let's not be too critical of Weingarten.
- Being the Union President likely she hasn't taught in school in years.
- Even then - teachers are not Degreed on all subjects.
- You have Math, English, History, etc.
- Then you have the specific Education 'Level' the teacher is Degreed for. Like Elementary K-3, 4-8 or Secondary (High School).
We have an ollllld friend who is a Teacher in Chicago and Degreed in Mathematics - she's a wiz; Algebra, Geometry, Trig, Physics and yes - even 2+2 (sarc). IIRC She even took Quantum Mechanics in college.
However, ask her about "1066" or "The Battle of Hastings" and you get a blank stare. I know more about History that she does. But that doesn't mean I'm smarter and would be a better teacher, or that she's a bad teacher.
Hell, how she even puts up with those little monsters is a miracle. I'd be in jail for battery.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:15:11 AM PST
by
Condor51
(Mayor Daley (D-Chi) For POTUS . Really, why not? He's more conservative than Rudy! /s)
To: achilles2000
She is also a Democratic National Committee member.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:15:20 AM PST
by
kcvl
To: achilles2000
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:16:28 AM PST
by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The artist doesn't have to have all the answers; he must, however, ask the right questions honestly.)
To: evad
"Try that one with 2/3 + 1/7"
Looks like 17/21 to me...
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:16:38 AM PST
by
RavenATB
(Patton was right...)
To: AmishDude
She's not an educator. She's a union official.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:16:57 AM PST
by
durasell
(!)
To: durasell
She's their boss. That's even worse!
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:17:38 AM PST
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for. It matters who takes office.)
To: The Drowning Witch
In all honesty, I don't remember how to add fractions like that either Yes, but are you a member of the school system, let alone the president of a teachers union? No? Well then we won't hold it against you, BUT don't you think someone in our education system should be able to do this simple math question?
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:17:58 AM PST
by
calex59
To: achilles2000
But Kennedy is really good at adding fifths...hic He's not very good at ADDING fifths, but he's Isaac Newton when it comes to taking them away ...
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:18:54 AM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: The Drowning Witch
Regarding the Professor's method - oops - not so fast.
"Yo Pro..
Try that one with 2/3 + 1/7"
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:19:29 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
To: Mr. Mojo
" Even if one doesn't know the answer by memory it's quite easy to add these two particular fractions the old-fashioned way in one's head."
I did it in my head. "4*3 is 12" That means we want 12ths. "1/3*4/4 is 4/12." "1/4*3/3 is 3/12." 4/12 + 3/12 = 7/12
Geeze. That was fifth or sixth grade stuff when I was a kid. No brainer.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:19:33 AM PST
by
No Truce With Kings
(The opinions expressed are mine! Mine! MINE! All Mine!)
To: Condor51
"Being the Union President likely she hasn't taught in school in years.
Even then - teachers are not Degreed on all subjects.
You have Math, English, History, etc.
Then you have the specific Education 'Level' the teacher is Degreed for. Like Elementary K-3, 4-8 or Secondary (High School)."
My bachelors degree (music) was awarded in 1979, and I haven't taught school since 1981. The problem is easy...even for me.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:20:21 AM PST
by
RavenATB
(Patton was right...)
To: AmishDude
She's their boss.
Not really. She's the head of the union. She pretty much has to do what the rank and file say. Her power, such as it is, comes from the control of tens of billions of dollars in the pension etc.
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posted on
12/30/2006 10:21:06 AM PST
by
durasell
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