Today we will focus only on:
Whole numbers
sets of positive integers that do not have a decimal or fractional part.
Natural numbers
-along with zero are whole numbers
-will continue to infinity
-also considered as counting numbers
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- The point to be remembered is that all natural numbers are whole numbers but all whole numbers are not natural numbers. You can remember that 0 is a whole number but not a natural number.
Last week we were introduced to all the number of classifications. I was a little hesitant on a concept that might look easy, but I fell more confident about the difference these two. It is clear just with this simple exercise.
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The distinction between whole numbers and natural numbers can be confusing for some kids and the idea that all natural numbers are whole and not all whole numbers are natural. I think that the pictures that you used with the number lines make a great tool for students who are visual learners and need to see that they are almost the same but one starts with "0". Classifying numbers is a topic that I think seems so obvious so not that many people spend too much time on it, but it is important for students to understand at the beginning level so that later on when things start building they can remember what they learned. Great Post!
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