On 9/16/2010 7:02 PM, Cheryl wrote:

> Is that "new math"? Years after I was in high school I
> remember everyone talking about new math. I know you can check
> multiplication by dividing, and visa versa, but that was
> complicated. Thanks for the explanation.
>


Nah, "new math" is where it doesn't really matter what answer you
get or how you get there, as long as you feel good about yourself
for it. HTH ;-)

(actually, New Math was teaching young kids to work in different
number bases like octal and binary for no apparent reason.)

Bob