Story Problems!!!
While looking over a book I acquired recently - White's First Book of Arithmetic (New Century Edition, copyright 1901) I came across the bane of every schoolchild's mathematical existence! THE DREADED STORY PROBLEM!! Just look for yourself!
First it's just some simple story problems for addition/subtraction/multiplication and division, but then the throw this at the pupil!
FRACTIONS! 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Ahhhh, now here's a familiar site.....everyone recognizes the ole multiplication table!
But then right back to the fractions on page 98......(cue plaintive music)
And this is just from the first half of the book! I don't know about anyone else - but I have always struggled with story problems. Maybe the 1800's version of me would have understood the lessons presented in these pages? Probably not.......
First it's just some simple story problems for addition/subtraction/multiplication and division, but then the throw this at the pupil!
FRACTIONS! 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀
Ahhhh, now here's a familiar site.....everyone recognizes the ole multiplication table!
But then right back to the fractions on page 98......(cue plaintive music)
And this is just from the first half of the book! I don't know about anyone else - but I have always struggled with story problems. Maybe the 1800's version of me would have understood the lessons presented in these pages? Probably not.......
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