Adding fourteen and four should be easy, right? Thanks to Common Core, it has been simplified to only six steps, as well as nine sub-steps.

Part 1 of my 1st grader's "how to do addition" tutorial for parents. 6 steps on how to add 14+4. #stopcommoncore. pic.twitter.com/wNZ6wM0hz0 — Leigh Medley (@LeighMedley) May 6, 2014

Part 2 of "how to add" tutorial for parents. Steps 4-6. #stopcommoncore pic.twitter.com/SO8EjsQL92 — Leigh Medley (@LeighMedley) May 6, 2014

How did anyone manage addition before Common Core?

It’s sooo much easier than doing it the old way… which involved only a single step:

Hat Tip: Twitchy.

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