From the True Confessions of Math Misery Files today

by Erica Johns | Apr 9, 2015 | Mom to Mom, True Confessions

*Why True Confessions? Because we’ve all been there and it helps to know we aren’t alone. (And if you haven’t? Well, good for you. Your turn is coming. lol We’ll keep the lights on for ya.)

Me: “How is it that you can’t do 48 minus 30?”

kid: “Because 48 is bigger than 30.”
Me: “Yes, it has to be. If you had 48 dollars and I took 30 away, how many dollars would be left?

kid: -staring-

Me: “If you had 48 pieces of cake and I ate 30 of them, how many pieces of would be left?”

kid: -staring-

Me: “If I had just 48 brain cells left, and then I lost 30 of them while trying to do math with you, how many brain cells would I have left?”

kid: “Ha ha ha. Very funny.” (finally writes answer on paper)