I feel really stupid, but my first grader just brought home some math homework. It's a square with the numbers written in little squares inside it, 1-10 is across the top line, then 1-20 across the second line and so on up to 50. The instructions say, "Color numbers with 9 ones green, color numbers with 0 ones blue, color numbers with 2 tens red." What the heck does this mean? My son says he doesn't know and the teacher won't explain it. On the other page of homework the numbers go from 51 - 100 and the instructions say color numbers with 3 ones red, color numbers with 6 tens blue and color numbers with 0 ones green. Does anyone know what this means? I feel really dumb for not knowing and my son insists the teacher didn't tell him how to do this homework. I'll talk to the teacher tomorrow, but does anyone know how this homework is done?
2007-03-26 02:26:04 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Of course I'm not doing the homework for him. I even sent it back with him to ask the teacher what to do and he said she didn't say anything about how to do it, she just told him to bring it back home and complete it.
2007-03-26 02:43:11 · update #1
It seems like she is trying to teach them number places in large numbers. For instance, the number 164 would have 1 hundreds, 6 tens and 4 ones.
So for the first example you gave you would color all the numbers that had "9" in the ones space (any number ending in 9) green, numbers ending in 0 blue, and numbers that were 20's (like 21, 22, 23, etc.) red, as those would have 2 in the tens place.
I hope that helped.
2007-03-26 02:35:54 · answer #1 · answered by Phartzalot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like they want you to color the answers to the problems. 9 ones would be 9 (1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1), 0 ones would be (0), two tens would be 20 (10+10). All of this sounds like a very confusing method to be giving a 1st grade child. I would go up to the school and tell the teacher to go over it with both of you, these new methods they have for teaching are pretty hard on parents. I was no idiot in school (I graduated with a 3.8) and am in college. I know some of the things my kids bring home confuse the heck out of me. Talk to the teacher and don't feel dumb, it happens to all parents whether they want to admit it or not. Good luck!
2007-03-26 05:30:30 · answer #2 · answered by itsjustme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do know what this means although it took me a little while. She is separating the numbers into their categories. One's are single digits, tens are well, tens.
So, you would color 10 or 20 with blue because there is a zero in the ones place.
You would color 20 through 29 red because there is a two in the tens place...2 tens.
There has to be a better way to explain this. If my daughter's kindergarten wasn't working on numerical places right now, I would never have been able to figure that out.
Good luck.
2007-03-26 02:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Sharon M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st page color numbers 9,19,29,39,49 green (nine ones) color numbers 10,20,30,40,50 blue (zero ones) color numbers 20-29 red (two tens, obviously you cannot color numbers 20 and 29 two times so I would just go in order of directions) Next page: color red number 53,63,73,83,93 (three ones) color blue 60-69 ( once again you cant color 63 two times go with 1st color) color green 50,60,70,80,90 ( again don't color the number 60 two times. hope this helps.
2007-03-26 03:01:35 · answer #4 · answered by hyde 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not sure been a while since i was at school
maybe its 1x10= 10 , 1x20=20
but every time i look at the question i think it cant be so maybe i should be feeling dumb too.
teachers should really give an example of how to do the homework specially when there aint an explanation in an easy way for a first grader to understand.
2007-03-26 02:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by the stig 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you know what? I have no idea, but if the teacher has the nerve to refuse to explain it, you need to report her to the principal and also refuse to do the assignment and demand your son gets credit for it anyway or they give an alternate assignment. stinking union teachers. the nerve to refuse to explain how to complete an assignment. the teacher should be fired. and forced to work in the neighborhood mcd's and be totally embarassed when former students and their parents come in to buy happy meals!
2007-03-26 02:36:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sound like this line one you would color #9 red
in the second line you would color 9 and 19 red
3rd line 9,19,29
4th line- 9,19,29,39, so on and so forth.
green would be 10,20,30,40,....
the tens thing is strange though
2007-03-26 02:31:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dang!!! Thats first grade homework??? Sounds hard!!! Sorry I can't answer but your best bet is to have your kid ask the teacher to re-explain it to him becuase he didn't understand. I mean that's why he asked you didn't he??? Or are you just doing this for him???
2007-03-26 02:41:16 · answer #8 · answered by bubbles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that even 1st grader's homework it sounds weird and complicated!
2007-03-26 05:29:21 · answer #9 · answered by donaldcool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Six tens" would be sixty. More than one ten would be 20 or more.
2007-03-26 02:34:36 · answer #10 · answered by lewa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋