Negative Numbers Are Better Than Nothing (Part 1 Of 2)

Negative Numbers Are Better Than Nothing (Part 1 Of 2)

Use logic, structure and puzzles to learn the addition and subtraction of negative numbers

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Completed by 47 learners

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60 minutes

per class

4x per week

over 1 week

7-12

year olds

3-8

learners per class

per learner - per class

How does a “Multi-Day” course work?

Meets multiple times at scheduled times

Live video chats, recorded and monitored for safety and quality

Discussions via classroom forum and private messages with the teacher

Great for engaging projects and interacting with diverse classmates from other states and countries

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Description

Class Experience

It was not too long ago--relatively speaking--that the concept of zero was very controversial. Part of the reason our word for zero comes from Arabic is because the Islamic mathematicians used it for Algebra, another Arabic-origin word. Well out of this single number for nothing was born an entire set of numbers, all of them less than nothing! This is the first set of truly abstract concepts in mathematics introduced to children. It took math and engineering experts thousands of years to wrap...

The goals of this course are:
1) Use all of addition and subtraction with these new numbers; and
2) Understand the difference between a negative number's negative property and the subtraction operator "-".

Scratch paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler.

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

4 hours per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.

Teacher

Thatcher Collins

Teaching math for an increasingly computational future

309 total reviews

272 completed classes

About Me

My goal is to help students make the transition from the arithmetic and memorization stage into the analytical problem solving stage, thereby setting a solid foundation for all further scientific work. Thus, my courses will focus exclusively on:...