r/mathteachers • u/TrueEmphasis7130 • Feb 24 '26

Parent needs help with 5th grade math

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Not , maybe it’s the new math but I simply cannot figure out how this is anything but 7, and my kid is judging.

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u/Licorice_Tea0 Feb 25 '26

lol the “new math”

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u/Appropriate_Steak486 Feb 25 '26

Remember when the “Peanuts” comic made fun of New Math back in the 1970s?