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Young kids didn’t have trouble with Logo when it was popular. I remember Logo from my childhood. Negative numbers are not difficult. You just have to think of t

• bmitc 4y ago
  I remember being introduced to negative numbers in sixth grade! Completely ridiculous. I was in fifth grade and was in one of those shadow days, where I followed a sixth grader around for the day. I was in their math class and got taught negative numbers, and I just remember thinking "wait, why is this just now being introduced?".
  • rightbyte 4y ago
    What? (Or are you not counting subtraction as negative numbers?)
    • bmitc 4y ago
      A cursory Google search shows that negative numbers are introduced in 4th-6th grade. For me, I only remember that particular instance of shadow day and just remember it seeming novel at the time (in terms of it being taught). I actually don't have much recollection when things were introduced outside of that until later in junior high or high school. If I remember right, it was specifically about negative numbers, and from what I recall it was me thinking that it was just subtraction or something along those lines.
  • wenc 4y ago
    Yes. Most children intuitive understand addition and subtraction of negative numbers. It’s just moving left or right of the number line. It’s multiplication and division of negative numbers that’s a bit confusing.