Saturday, March 13, 2010

Literal Math

Last night I was reviewing Nelson's math homework when I came across a bonus question he forgot to answer.

The instructions were very clear, stating, "Be sure to show how you got your answer." I handed the homework back to Nelson, and he came back a while later with this....




Furiously, I asked him, "Why were you drawing instead of doing your homework?"

To which he replied, "Dad, it said that I had to show how I got my answer, and the picture shows me counting on my fingers, 4 take away 2."

Gotta love a literal child!

1 comment:

Jacob, Lisa and Charlie said...

This is amazing! Having spent the last 10 years trying to get students to show their work, this made my day.