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when I told my daughter to just flip the second fraction and muliply, she flew into a rage and told me they were not "allowed" to do that
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Slightly OT: That sort of thinking killed me in elementary school. I always figured that if I got it right it didn't matter how I did it. In middle school I was the kid who always asked "but wouldn't it be easier..." (and receiving in return, "well, sweetie, if it works for you..."). Now I'm in high school and my chemistry teacher jokes about how he hates grading my work because he doesn't know what to make of it--sure, I get the right answers, just never using methods he'd expect. :D</p>