You, an intellectual: 9+7=16
Me, with ADHD: if you take 1 from 9 and give it to 7 thats 8+8 and 8×2 is 16
Someone, usually a Teacher: NOT LIKE THAT YOU HEATHEN
This is literally how I would have done it
9 is a hungry bitch and takes one from 7, making it 10+6=16
VALID
Okay, as a teacher, this is what most of us LIKE to see. We wants kids to think about numbers and their relationships. It’s not until kids get older that teachers start to get crazy and make y’all do it one way or no way.
As a teacher of high schoolers, I wish more students came to me with this type of number flexibility. Sorry that my colleagues are so rigid. The good ones are out here, I promise.
Finally, someone who agrees with me that 9 is a greedy bitch.
Mooncustafer 