Owen Has A Strategy

Owen had math homework the other day.  It was adding three digit numbers together.  (Like 234+425)

The teachers teach math in a variety of ways these days.  They give them several ways to figure out a problem and then leave it up to the kids to figure out the best way for them.

So I asked him how he was going to work out the problems.

He went and grabbed his calculator and said that he was going to use that.

I told him that he wasn't allowed to use the calculator.

He emphatically stated that he WAS allowed to use it.  He went onto explain that his teacher said that they may use any strategy that they want to use to get the answer.

And using the calculator was his strategy. 

:p

I guess his teacher is going to have to rephrase how she assigns homework.  I don't think that she took the literal kid into consideration when giving them their assignment.  lol