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I just can't be bothered with these questions (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Um...

I just meant that it looks more effort to count and lassoo the tens and ones than it is to just add it up the old fashioned way with a "doorstep".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

well that's the point I was making, there is no "just"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Are you perhaps saying that trying to teach an understanding of a concept like place value or carrying is more complicated than just getting the answer to an arithmetic problem? I have no idea why that should be the case, where would you get such an idea anyway?