This article is a comment in my post Math War Over Multiplication which is about the ongoing debate on whether or not multiplication can be defined as repeated addition. In the article, the author also raises
Category: Misconceptions
What is i equal to?
Am i or am i not ? Khan Academy say I am, www.jamestanton.com says I’m not. It is really very tempting to deduce that because . Many have fallen victim
Mistakes and Misconceptions in Mathematics
Misconceptions are very different from the mistakes students make. Mistakes are not consciously made. Misconceptions are. Mistakes are usually one-off, while misconceptions, the gods forbid, could be for keeps. Mistakes are
Technically, Fractions are Not Numbers
It is misleading to put fractions alongside the sets of numbers – counting, whole, integers, rational, irrational and real. The diagram below which are in many Mathematics I (Year 7)