re: Dad Writes Gag Check to Son's Elementary School Using Common Core Math

I'm not sure what to think here, so I need help. Not a fan of using four problems on paper to solve one problem, but that is kind of how I do it in my head when I don't have paper. I know right, keeping track of four different problems in my head without paper, wow, just wow. My question; as I cant read the numbers in the image, is why are there two rows with four columns in the Dollar Amount and two rows with five columns in the Word Amount? Do these equal the same number; or is this just another gotcha gone bad?