What’s worse than low standards? Standards that are confusing, misleading, or get in the way of understanding. A Michigan math standard, courtesy of The Elementary Educator:
“N.FL.05.14 Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators through 12 and/or 100, using the common denominator that is the product of the denominators of the 2 fractions, e.g., 3/8 + 7/10: use 80 as the common denominator.“
So in Michigan, 3/4 + 1/8 = 28/32. Reducing fractions is a 6th grade standard. No kidding.
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