Q: What am I supposed to do for the math problems that say "Listen to the directions that your teacher gives"? I usually make up things but am I supposed to be reading from something? For example, on page 250, question #1 has a picture of birds at the beach. I don't know what "directions" to give my son. Is he supposed to add up the number of birds? That seems too easy. I would like to know what the author intended.