Really old

2023-11-20 09:44:29

Really old


 

Tom Lehrer is a singer, songwriter, satirist, pianist and mathematician who has written some wonderful songs. In 1959 he wrote a song called “New Math”.  At that time, much of mathematics teaching was reoriented.  Parents of elementary school aged children were having a hard time helping their children with math homework.  Enjoy the song and then we can figure out if it makes sense.

Seeing the meaning of decimal place value was understood by experimenting with place values in base 2 and base 8 systems.  Have we now mastered the New math?  

 

 

 

Activity Solutions & Supporting Materials
Share this:
Comments (0)
    Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
    Explore more real-life math activities
    💚Thanks for exploring our resources!  Cl...
    How many Smashburgers?
    Egad!   There must be a million w...
    Chocolate Milk Account
    🔔 Free Trial Alert! In this activity, student...
    Father's Day and Juneteenth; 3 Activities
     For Father's Day (Links to different activit...
    Wildfires and particulate matter
    Wildfires in Canada have...
    Ulmer Nest
    🏠In this activity,...
    Daylight savings time
    Updated and improved! Is Daylight savings t...
    Methane math
       Updated!  Carbon dioxide an...
    Ranked Choice Voting in NYC
    New York City is still tallying its election...