MM brings an interesting YouTube video about the number zero and why dealing with it is really hard.
The most interesting thing that I found here is the alternative way of talking about division.
The guy makes use of subtraction to explain it.
If your numerator is larger than your denominator, all works relatively OK, is it not? 5/4, for instance, can be explained in this way: 5-4=1 1-4 is negative, so that we cannot do it.
We then have one and one fourth as a result. 4/5 could be explained in this way: 4-5 gives you negative, so that we cannot do it.
We get 4/5 or 0 and something.
What if you have negative in the upper or lower part of the fraction?
The most interesting thing that I found here is the alternative way of talking about division.
The guy makes use of subtraction to explain it.
If your numerator is larger than your denominator, all works relatively OK, is it not? 5/4, for instance, can be explained in this way: 5-4=1 1-4 is negative, so that we cannot do it.
We then have one and one fourth as a result. 4/5 could be explained in this way: 4-5 gives you negative, so that we cannot do it.
We get 4/5 or 0 and something.
What if you have negative in the upper or lower part of the fraction?
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