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<blockquote data-quote="sstterry" data-source="post: 1625820" data-attributes="member: 28912"><p>My daughter says that the new way is to teach "number sense". According to her, it teaches students to split up the numbers, so the multiplication is easier (easier to multiply 300 times 20 than 312 times 23, etc.). The multiplication and then the addition of the numbers is "easier" than carrying values and remembering to put zeroes as place holders. She says the new way helps in teaching the foundation of conceptual understanding of what is really happening in the old way. But she says, in her opinion, it's perfectly fine to (and should) teach the old way once they understand the concept.</p><p></p><p>As to the question is it mandatory, if it is in the standards then it is mandatory, if it isn't in the standards it is teacher dependent. She adds that she is secondary education so she can't be 100% sure since this math would be elementary.</p><p></p><p>PS...my daughter wrote this response, it is above my pay grade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sstterry, post: 1625820, member: 28912"] My daughter says that the new way is to teach "number sense". According to her, it teaches students to split up the numbers, so the multiplication is easier (easier to multiply 300 times 20 than 312 times 23, etc.). The multiplication and then the addition of the numbers is "easier" than carrying values and remembering to put zeroes as place holders. She says the new way helps in teaching the foundation of conceptual understanding of what is really happening in the old way. But she says, in her opinion, it's perfectly fine to (and should) teach the old way once they understand the concept. As to the question is it mandatory, if it is in the standards then it is mandatory, if it isn't in the standards it is teacher dependent. She adds that she is secondary education so she can't be 100% sure since this math would be elementary. PS...my daughter wrote this response, it is above my pay grade. [/QUOTE]
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