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I believe the concept of negative number doesn't arise naturally from counting, you need equations – even though we teach it all at once to kids when introducin
by hcarvalhoalves 5y ago
I believe the concept of negative number doesn't arise naturally from counting, you need equations – even though we teach it all at once to kids when introducing the number line.
- feanaro 5y agoYou don't really need equations, you just need missing elements, or debt. Do I have extra bricks, just enough (0 extra) of them or am I missing some? The case of missing bricks is naturally modelled with negative numbers.