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Using love (and hate) to calculate with negative numbers
Adding and subtracting negative numbers is easy enough to put into a context, but it can be tricky to find a good way of representing the multiplication of negative numbers so that it makes sense. A teacher asked me about it recently and we talked about a nice connection to Valentines Day.
Pine cones, Fibonacci numbers and Christmas
The Fibonacci sequence is an amazing mathematical pattern found in nature and there is evidence of the sequence in this layer of a pine cone. One layer of this pine cone shows 21 white marks where the seeds had been....and yes, the layer above this had 13 seeds.
Modelling and representing place value
To follow on from my previous article, understanding place value, I take a look at the way place value is modelled and represented. This is the key to getting a deep understanding of how our number system works. So which resources will support an understanding of place value?
Understanding Place Value - 6 key aspects
Place value is a key concept for children to get to grips with as they are introduced to larger numbers. Without an understanding of it they will struggle to add, subtract, multiply or divide, let alone read and write numbers. Place value builds on from early counting and recognition of cardinal numbers to knowing the value of each digit in a number, understanding our base-10 structure and exchanging within larger numbers.
