Check Out This Math Problem Solved The “Old” Way Versus The “Common Core” Way

This new “common core” way of doing math is is absolutely ridiculous, I much prefer the “old” way of doing math!

Via NBC Washington:

An Iowa woman jokingly calls it “Satan’s handiwork.” A California mom says she’s broken down in tears. A Pennsylvania parent says it “makes my blood boil.” What could be so horrible? Grade-school math.

As schools around the U.S. implement national Common Core learning standards, parents trying to help their kids with math homework say that adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing has become as complicated as calculus.

They’re stumped by unfamiliar terms like “rectangular array” and “area model.” They wrestle with division that requires the use of squares, slashes and dots. They rage over impenetrable word problems.

Stacey Jacobson-Francis, 41, of Berkeley, California, said her daughter’s homework requires her to know four different ways to add.

Check this math problem solved the “old” way versus the Common Core way:

Which way of solving math problems do you think makes the most sense, the “old” way, or the “common core way?

H/T Young Conservatives