Common Core Curriculum has me stumped...constantly!

I don't consider myself ignorant nor uneducated when it comes to mathematics, but assisting my 10 year old daughter each evening makes me feel down right stupid. Common core curriculum was introduced to our public schools a few years ago, and I have yet to master the methods required to solve what should be simple mathematics problems. I found some great examples of complicating simple problems at http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres, and I thought you might be interested to see what our children have to deal with in the mathematical world of public schools these days.


The following is an example of what should be a very simple addition problem, but as you can see, children are instead asked to put extra steps in order to solve it.

Even subtraction is made more complicated by Commom Core curriculum because children are expected to do multiple steps just to solve a simple problem.

I found the following letter and cheat sheet quite humorous, other than this is a reality for our kids. I'm not sure how far I would have gotten in math if I were held to these ridiculous standards of solving problems.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/373840/ten-dumbest-common-core-problems-alec-torres

Without getting too much into politics, I am very hopeful that our new United States President Trump will get rid of these expectations so our children can solve problems without complicating them further.

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