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[-] vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 9 months ago

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".

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

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

[-] DarthFreyr@lemmy.world 2 points 9 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?

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