Wow, Dylan! This kid is one smart cookie. After
reading both articles about Dylan and his strategies on subtracting multidigit
problems, it made me laugh. I can only
imagine how his teacher would have felt, having him explain his logic behind
his strategy. As a teacher, I would ask myself, “Should we teach all students
his method? Would they understand it better?” I was so excited about Dylan’s
strategy, that I even tried doing several different problems myself; his way, and
was so surprised that it worked every time. I even showed my husband and he
thought it was so cool that a kid, who is only seven years old, can take the
fundamentals of simple subtraction and take it into a more
complex situation and get the correct answer. His response was so cute when he was asked to do a subtraction problem with 3 digits and was able to get the correct answer, he knew he got it right. I was proud of him and I don’t even know
him. Good work Dylan! Can’t wait to see
what else you may come up with!
All I could say is WOW! Dylan strategy to subtract is amazing and unique to say the least. I too had to try it out my self just to verify. Its amazing how a 7 year old had the ability and number sense to brake down numbers as he did. I have 1st graders and although we are not yet learning to subtract multi digit numbers, Dylan's strategy is something I am now considering.
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