And what’s wrong with that. Utilizing real world solutions to problems is a life skill. Not some obscure formula that you will forget anyway.
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SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 month agoIf it was to scale you could just use a protractor and skip the whole math part, which is the entire part of the lesson…
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 1 month ago
rockerface@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Adding and subtracting is a real life solution. Not sure how that is “obscure”
Pacattack57@lemmy.world 1 month ago
You are being obtuse. You know what I mean by obscure.
Glemek@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Its intended to focus on a specific skill, the other skill can be valid and not be the point of the lesson.
elxeno@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Then they could use decimals so it’s unlikely to get it right without calculating, 60.17°, 40.29°, 35.43°
Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I don’t see that as a downside as long as these two questions are also included.
How many degrees make up the inner angles of a triangle?
How many degrees make up one side of a straight line?
Maalus@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Big assumption that the bottom line is straight / not two lines connecting at a different angle