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Do children have an understanding of negative numbers? If so, what is their understanding? If not, how might you help them develop an understanding of negative numbers?
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Children's skills with negative numbers are summarized.
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Do children have an understanding of negative numbers? If so, what is their understanding? If not, how might you help them develop an understanding of negative numbers?
In everyday life, we use the concept of negative numbers all the time. We deal with negative numbers when it comes to money, for instance—more specifically, when you "owe" something.
Children do tend feel the difficulty if not in understanding the negative numbers, but in applying them. As far as making the children understand the concept, the examples involving money and temperature are preferred as the children can easily connect.
Suppose you were at your school and came to know that you forgot to bring your wallet. So, you start your day at the school with no money in your pocket (0 dollars) and ...
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