Will We Ever Learn?
What's Wrong With the Common-Standards Project
Here are two problems from a sample Common Core State Standards Initiative test intended to ensure that all students leave high school ready for college or careers:
“Give me 8 sheep and then we will have an equal number,” said one shepherd to another. “No, you give me 8 sheep and then I will have twice as many as you,” replied another shepherd. How many sheep did each shepherd have to start with?
Write an equation or inequality that has (a) no real solutions; (b) infinite numbers of real solutions; and (c) exactly one real solution.
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