FatNums: An Alternate Representation for School Arithmetic
Place notation is one of the great inventions of civilization. As Dan Friedman has quipped, perhaps the Roman Empire fell because of the difficulty with divison. That may be a bit of a stretch, but notations matter, and place notation is a keeper.
FatNums: An Alternate Representation for School Arithmetic FatNums: An Alternate Representation for School Arithmetic 🔗 1 Digital Notation 2 FatNums: Another Numeral 2.1 Multiplication 2.2 In Speech 2.3 Normalization 2.4 Other Operations 3 Operational Consequences 4 Paper Notation 5 A Plea 6 External References Place notation is one of the great inventions of civilization. As Dan Friedman has quipped, perhaps the Roman Empire fell because of the difficulty with divison. That may be a bit of a stretch, but notations matter, and place notation is a keeper. A few years ago, my daughter was start
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