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Number systems
This chapter from the book ‘Nix the Tricks’ by Tina Cardone looks at tricks and short cuts used in the teaching of number systems, explains why they are so damaging, and then provides an alternative method that teaches for understanding.
Topics covered include; absolute value, adding directed numbers, subtracting directed numbers, multiplying directed numbers, standard index form, simplifying surds, and fractional indices.
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