chepyl Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 So my son had to do this problem out loud for me: 35+28 His first answer was 44. I said "No, that's not right." He said, yes I have 44 and 19! Here is the full reasoning of the problem... 35+28 I take 9 and get 44+19 I take the 10 and get 54+9 I take 6 and get 60+3 The answer is 63! I would have taken 10, then 5, then 3...the way his brain works!!! Geesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SorrelZG Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 So my son had to do this problem out loud for me: 35+28 His first answer was 44. I said "No, that's not right." He said, yes I have 44 and 19! Here is the full reasoning of the problem... 35+28 I take 9 and get 44+19 I take the 10 and get 54+9 I take 6 and get 60+3 The answer is 63! I would have taken 10, then 5, then 3...the way his brain works!!! Geesh! This encourages me to hear. DS has a tendency at times to do something similar (smaller numbers :D ) and only give me part of his answer too. Perhaps that's because I'm too jumpy and cut him off before he's worked through the whole thing. You know what is super weird to me though? The 9, 6 and 3 in your son's working. DS has a thing with 3 and groups of 3. Perhaps a coincidence but still ... interesting ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 I know, I tend to think in 5s and 10s, he does stuff with 3s a lot. He also works out the 10s sometimes. He plays with numbers a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.