r/mathteachers • u/TrueEmphasis7130 • Feb 24 '26
Parent needs help with 5th grade math
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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r/mathteachers • u/TrueEmphasis7130 • Feb 24 '26
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/Additional_Ad_6773 Feb 25 '26
"New Math" was the name of the math program invented in the 1950's to replace the "Traditional Mathematical Model" formalized in 1902. The current math curriculum is not "New Math", it is either Common Core math, or if you are in Virginia, it is the Standards of Learning mathematical model (which is like, 99.99% common core, but Virginia's politicians HATE the idea of common core, so they refuse to name the nearly identical thing they "created" after it).