Comments on: Analogy: Math and Cooking https://betterexplained.com/articles/analogy-math-and-cooking/ Math lessons that click Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:23:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: kalid https://betterexplained.com/articles/analogy-math-and-cooking/#comment-567386 Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:23:11 +0000 https://betterexplained.com/?p=12146#comment-567386 Awesome, glad you enjoyed it!

]]> By: kalid https://betterexplained.com/articles/analogy-math-and-cooking/#comment-567383 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 19:49:35 +0000 https://betterexplained.com/?p=12146#comment-567383 In reply to Steven Stowers.

Oh, that's a great point! When first learning math, we see parenthesis as a bundle that can be analyzed separately 2(3 + 4) = 2*3 + 2*4. When we have f(x), as f(3 + 4), why not the same?

]]> By: Steven Stowers https://betterexplained.com/articles/analogy-math-and-cooking/#comment-567382 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:54:27 +0000 https://betterexplained.com/?p=12146#comment-567382 I wonder if some of the problem stems from beginning algebra students learning or internalizing the Distributive Property as a "rule for removing parentheses" rather than a "rule for how multiplication and addition relate."

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