I'm not sure my 30+ year old daughter knows the times tables. She works for the Secretary of Public Education. If you ask her about it she will say she uses calculators and spreadsheets. I think.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Aug 7, 2024, 9:12 PM Russell Standish <li...@hpcoders.com.au> wrote: > It is a test that you know your 7 or 8 times table. And the definition > of a prime number (which could be given as part of the question, if > not the curriculum). > > I would expect most 9 or 10 years olds should know their times tables. > > Or am I wrong abut kids these days? > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 12:43:54PM -0600, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Ms. O'Hara: > > > > RE your story Sunday, "Does proficiency give full picture?" > > From your lede: > > "Pop quiz: What number is both a prime number and a factor or 56"? > > > > If I understand correctly, this is a question on an exam given to fourth > > graders, 9- or 10-year-olds. > > Could you please point me to some source in the city or state education > > departments who can tell me what short- or long-term value this question > about > > mathematics -- NOT arithmetic -- has for students that age? > > > > We live in a state where it is a rare cashier who can do the mental > > arithmetic to make change from a $20 bill. Can we first find out if > fourth > > graders can do that before getting into primes and factorials? > > *-- > > ============================================ > > Tom Johnson - t...@jtjohnson.com > > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > > Visit Global Santa Fe > > ============================================ > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Dr Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) > Principal, High Performance Coders hpco...@hpcoders.com.au > http://www.hpcoders.com.au > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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