Today, Luke learned how to multiply by 11. First he had to write down every multiple of 11 down a list that said 11 x 1 = ____, 11 x 2 = ____, 11 x 3 = ____, etc. Then they asked him some review problems to see if he understood the material. Here is his answer sheet:
1. Look at the addition problems. Why is it easy to add 11?
Luke's Answer: 2+11=13
Duncan's Response: WHAT THE HECK!? What does the miraculous fact that 2+11=13 have to do with ANYTHING!?
2. Look at all the products. What pattern do you see in the first nine products?
Luke's Answer: 4
Duncan's Response: ... What can I say? I still don't understand why Luke put down 4 in the space where they wanted an answer to a short-answer question.
3. What do you think 11 x 0 is and why?
Luke's Answer: 0. Because easy.
Duncan's Response: ... migraine migraine migraine.
4. What do you think 11 x 13 is and why?
Luke's Answer: 124. Because hard.
Duncan's Response: Why is my brother a caveman? 124 isn't even the right answer.
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"Because hard." Hmm...who teaches him his grammar?
ReplyDeleteLuke K. used to write "12" as the answer for every problem on his math facts quiz sheets. But that was because Mom made the mistake of saying he could be done when he wrote in all the answers, instead of specifying that she wanted the correct answers.
Isn't your brother too young to be a caveman?
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