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  • LiveCoug
    LA Ute loves me
    • Nov 2008
    • 18489

    #1

    4th grade math....

    My nephews teacher is anal.

  • RobinFinderson
    Banned
    • Nov 2008
    • 10548

    #2
    Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
    My nephews teacher is anal.

    The teacher is also an idiot.

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    • TripletDaddy
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      • Nov 2008
      • 58186

      #3
      she seems to be incorrect.
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      • Mrs. Funk
        Lawyer Wannabe
        • Nov 2008
        • 2690

        #4
        Reminds me once again why I hated elementary school.
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        • LiveCoug
          LA Ute loves me
          • Nov 2008
          • 18489

          #5
          Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
          she seems to be incorrect.
          Ya think? My nephew is going to argue his case to the teacher today. Makes me laugh that she marks that wrong. Who in their right mind thinks that 6 x 5 and 5 x 6 are not the same thing?

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          • Jarid in Cedar
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            • Jun 2009
            • 13234

            #6
            Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
            Ya think? My nephew is going to argue his case to the teacher today. Makes me laugh that she marks that wrong. Who in their right mind thinks that 6 x 5 and 5 x 6 are not the same thing?
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            • FMCoug
              Senior Member
              • Nov 2008
              • 6825

              #7
              She must be related to my daughter's geography teacher who had lat/long backwards on a test. Not to mention her pronunciation issues with geographical features.
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              • Donuthole
                Official Outgayer
                • Nov 2008
                • 25303

                #8
                The directions didn't say to solve the problem once he changed it. Hence, the dreaded purple X.
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                • creekster
                  It is NOT a monkey!
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 22661

                  #9
                  That is the commutative property of math. Ask her to read the 5th grade textbook. a x b = b x a
                  PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                  • Indy Coug
                    Heartless Bastard
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 18747

                    #10
                    What better way to cultivate a hatred of math than to mark a problem like that wrong? If that happened to my kid, I would have a discussion with the teacher. Seriously.
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                    • TheBYUGuy
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                      • Sep 2009
                      • 1442

                      #11
                      Originally posted by TripletDaddy View Post
                      she seems to be incorrect.
                      Why do you assume it's a 'she'? Because of the color purple?

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                      • TripletDaddy
                        sweet triple
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 58186

                        #12
                        Originally posted by TheBYUGuy View Post
                        Why do you assume it's a 'she'? Because of the color purple?
                        Not at all. If anything, The Color Purple taught us that education is one of the most precious gifts one can attain....basic stuff like learning to read, etc.
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                        • FMCoug
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 6825

                          #13
                          Originally posted by TheBYUGuy View Post
                          Why do you assume it's a 'she'? Because of the color purple?
                          I'd say so. Everyone knows purple is only used by women or girly men.

                          Right Dhole?
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                          • Donuthole
                            Official Outgayer
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 25303

                            #14
                            Originally posted by FMCoug View Post
                            I'd say so. Everyone knows purple is only used by women or girly men.

                            Right Dhole?
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                            • TripletDaddy
                              sweet triple
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 58186

                              #15
                              Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
                              Ya think? My nephew is going to argue his case to the teacher today. Makes me laugh that she marks that wrong. Who in their right mind thinks that 6 x 5 and 5 x 6 are not the same thing?
                              I am not talking about the commutative property of math (which creekster correctly cites), in which case the teacher's answer is correct, as well. I am simply reading the equation logically.

                              Written as "5x6," isn't the teacher saying that the lead integer is 5 and that there are six instances of the number "5" in the set in question (when, in reality, there are only five instances of the number "6")

                              The question asked for a restatement of the given set. If anything, the stronger argument is that the teacher is incorrect."6" only appears five times.
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