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'New math' for adults
Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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Spatial Coverage | United States |
Description | Cartoon shows a man, his head spinning, gazing at a sheet of paper listing a table of metric equivalents. The "new math" (introduced in the 1960's) was a new system of teaching mathematics to children. It was generally incomprehensible to their parents. The cartoon probably refers to one of the periodic efforts to convert the United States from its old system of weights and measures to the metric system. The American public has continually resisted the change. |
File Format | JPG / JPEG |
Language | English |
Part of Series | Cartoon Drawings |
Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Mathematics--United States--1970-1980. |
Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Weights & measures--United States--1970-1980. |
Content Type | Image |
Resource Type | Photograph |