• bubbalu [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    16 hours ago

    Actually, no. One of the core goals of the US Common Core math standards is to make explicit this type of compensation strategy. One of the main ones emphasized for addition/subtraction is ‘taking from/completing a ten’ but there is a lot of work to help kids internalize these kinds of doubles strategies!