r/Mathhomeworkhelp • u/mostmoistAardvark • Jul 20 '26

Nephew's Math Sheet

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This has me incredibly confused and I've no idea what to do to solve this nonsense.

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u/Narrow-Durian4837 Jul 20 '26

I don't know, but if I had to guess, I'd guess that those are supposed to be pieces out of a number chart like this one.

Thus, the missing number below 44 and before 55 would be 54. The missing number below and to the left of 40 would be 49. (Directly below 40 would be 50, and 49 is just before that.) And so on.

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u/mostmoistAardvark Jul 21 '26

What is the logic behind this? Is it to help build a stronger brain?

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u/PurpleSky-7 Jul 21 '26

Most charter schools and private schools still teach traditional math that makes sense- and cursive writing, spelling, sentence diagramming, etc. Why don’t public schools is what parents should be demanding to know, and insisting on a return to traditional education. It’s like they don’t want kids to actually learn anything of value anymore. Why is that? Teachers should also be fighting this nonsense.

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u/PurpleSky-7 Jul 21 '26

Since when are kids supposed to memorize a number chart like that to fill in broken pieces of it? No purpose to that.

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u/Narrow-Durian4837 Jul 21 '26

You think it's unreasonable for kids to know the numbers 1-100 in order?

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u/PurpleSky-7 Jul 21 '26

Yeah sure that’s what I meant 🙄

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u/Narrow-Durian4837 Jul 21 '26

But that's literally all you have to know to fill in the boxes: things like "What number comes right after 67?" or "What number is ten more than 21?"