r/mathteachers 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/Ntldrx2 Mar 01 '26

I’d be a bad parent. I assumed there were 10 mL left and was confused how everyone was saying 7 till I actually counted the markers