Kids-gotta love 'em!
Today we were checking math homework, and there were several word problems on the page. One student asked me to go over a particular problem:
"Jason is tiling a patio. The tiles are each 1 square decimeter. The patio is 6 meters long and 4 meters wide. How many tiles will Jason need?"
Not an easy problem. We worked it out together to show the correct answer. Then Josh raised his hand.
"Teacher, is it ok if I used a different unit?" he asked.
"What unit did you use," I replied.
"Boards," he said. "My patio is made from boards."
I'm sure it all made sense to him...But I highlighted the metric unit measurements, and what the question asked. I drew a red box around the word "tiles."
"Sorry, Josh," I said. "You needed to use tiles."
He still can't understand why you'd tile a patio. Good thing he's joining the military after high school (I'll cross my fingers that he graduates...).
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