Yet another link that comes from the NY Times website! This was a great read though, diving into who is responsible for the development of the concept of "zero". There is always such a weight placed on cross-curricular lessons, especially with literacy and math/science. It's nice to try and find articles that connect different subjects. With this example, we have Math, Literacy, and History and its tied to something we use every day. It is about a month old, but worth the read if you're sippin' coffee and doing some KenKen (ha.).Cheers gang
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Now, is the zero considered a positive or negative number. Some people argue that it is neither, some say it is both, some say it is a positive number, and some say it is a negative number.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/26705/is-zero-positive-or-negative
Solid. What's your opinion on this ground breaking debate? lol
DeleteI would say it's neither. I mean we differentiate positive and negative numbers BECAUSE of zero. To say it's both wouldn't give us that imaginary fence between positive and negative numbers. Apparently different cultures say different things. The French say it's both.
Nice touch to my post dude!