Do you understand common core?

Can you answer this math question?

Will played eight games of basketball with his friends. If Will scored three points each game, how many points did he score total?

The math is simple to many parents who learned math using old teaching methods, but do you know how your child is supposed to answer that question? More importantly, do you know why they answer it in a different way than you do?

Thursday at 10 p.m. on Local News 8 Jay Hildebrandt looks at how common core is helping students to think critically and understand why the math works.

If you’d like to see more examples of common core math, or would like to learn how it is taught, you can check out the resources available at the Khan Academy website.

The answer to the above math question is 24.