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:The concept of "breaking apart numbers", seems to be an educational tool that is actually taught and is actually useful.  An example of this is the mental addittion of 105+79, by saying that 79 is 1 less than 80, and 105+80 is obviously 185, so 105+79=184.  But the example in the cited article is utterly ridiculous, inappropriate, and counterproductive.  The article says it's a common core example, citing [https://twitter.com/hoffmanrich/status/384806802262470656/photo/1 this item by Rich Hoffmann], but that page gives no evidence that it actually came from Common Core; it just said that it came from a 3rd grade workbook, with no further information.

:The concept of "breaking apart numbers", seems to be an educational tool that is actually taught and is actually useful.  An example of this is the mental addittion of 105+79, by saying that 79 is 1 less than 80, and 105+80 is obviously 185, so 105+79=184.  But the example in the cited article is utterly ridiculous, inappropriate, and counterproductive.  The article says it's a common core example, citing [https://twitter.com/hoffmanrich/status/384806802262470656/photo/1 this item by Rich Hoffmann], but that page gives no evidence that it actually came from Common Core; it just said that it came from a 3rd grade workbook, with no further information.

==The Actual Common Core Standards==

==Promoting Common Core==

* [http://www.corestandards.org/ http://www.corestandards.org/]

* [http://www.corestandards.org/ Common Core State Standards Initiative]

* [http://www.cgcs.org/Page/239 Common Core Works]

==External Links==

==External Links==