Editing New Math (section)

==In popular culture==
* Musician and university mathematics lecturer [[Tom Lehrer]] wrote a [[Satire|satirical]] song named "[[New Math (song)|New Math]]" (from his 1965 album ''[[That Was the Year That Was]]''), which revolved around the process of subtracting 173 from 342 in decimal and [[octal]]. The song is in the style of a lecture about the general concept of subtraction with [[positional notation]] in an arbitrary base, illustrated by two simple calculations, and highlights the New Math's emphasis on insight and abstract concepts – as Lehrer sardonically put it, "In the new approach ... the important thing is to understand what you're doing, rather than to get the right answer." At one point in the song, he notes that "you've got thirteen and you take away seven, and that leaves five... well, six, actually, but the idea is the important thing." The chorus pokes fun at parents' frustration and confusion over the entire method: "Hooray for New Math, New Math / It won't do you a bit of good to review math / It's so simple, so very simple / That only a child can do it."<ref>{{cite web|first = Tom|last = Lehrer|author-link = Tom Lehrer|url = https://genius.com/Tom-lehrer-new-math-lyrics|title = New Math Lyrics|year = 2019|publisher = [[Genius (website)|Genius Media Group]]|access-date = May 19, 2019}}</ref>
* In 1965, cartoonist [[Charles Schulz]] authored a series of ''[[Peanuts]]'' strips, which detailed kindergartener Sally's frustrations with New Math. In the first strip, she is depicted puzzling over "sets, one-to-one matching, equivalent sets, non-equivalent sets, sets of one, sets of two, renaming two, [[subset]]s, joining sets, number sentences, placeholders." Eventually, she bursts into tears and exclaims, "All I want to know is, how much is two and two?"<ref name="gocomics">{{cite web|url = http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2012/10/02|title = Peanuts by Charles Schulz for October 02, 2012|date = October 2, 1965|access-date = May 19, 2019|website = [[GoComics]]|publisher = [[Universal Uclick]]|author-link = Charles Schulz|first = Charles|last = Schulz}}</ref> This series of strips was later adapted for the 1973 ''Peanuts'' animated special ''[[There's No Time for Love, Charlie Brown]]''.  Schulz also drew a one-panel illustration of Charlie Brown at his school desk exclaiming, "How can you do 'New Math' problems with an 'Old Math' mind?"<ref>{{cite web|author-link = Charles Schulz|first = Charles|last = Schulz|url = https://www.chisholm-poster.com/posters/CL68406.html|title = Charlie Brown Poster (1970s) &ndash; Peanuts &ndash; How Can You do "New Math" Problems with an "Old Math" Mind?|via = Chisholm Larsson Gallery|access-date = May 19, 2019}}</ref>
* In the 1966 ''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' episode "A Little Bit of Genius", the show tackles the division that the introduction of New Math wrought between families, friends, and neighbors, as well as its impact on the then ever-widening generation gap.<ref>{{Citation |last=Russell |first=William D. |title=A Little Bit of Genius |date=1966-04-04 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1368938/ |series=Hazel |access-date=2022-04-10}}</ref>