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In reply to the discussion: Why Would a Math Teacher Punish a Child for Saying 5 x 3 = 15? [View all]Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)So you think know there is a difference between 5x3 and 3x5 as math gets more complex. Why shouldn't they be teaching that difference in grade school so kids don't get hung up on it further along. Math came easy to me for whatever reason. Lot of my friends gave up well before calculus because it didn't. Perhaps preparing them earlier will help them and give them opportunity to go into fields that require advanced math if that is something they like.
This worksheet problem clearly isn't about getting the multiplication portion correct. Actually, it looks like they 1 point for that and didn't get 1 point because they didn't understand the difference between a 5x3 matrix and a 3x5 matrix. Seems legit if they are preparing the kid to understand they layout of a matrix.