The direction that common core math is taking

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SasquatchAstronaut on April 21st, 2018 at 04:45 UTC »

Can someone real quick explain to me why this is supposed to make sense?

MrRaviex on April 21st, 2018 at 07:30 UTC »

The answer is that you need to work in base 13.

Here_Come_DatBoi on April 21st, 2018 at 08:15 UTC »

then add 3