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How to teach zero

Zero is the linchpin of the number line and an all-important math concept. Learn how to teach zero to kids with these activities. Did you know that zero has a history? Ancient civilizations like the ...
Around 2,500 years ago, Babylonian traders in Mesopotamia impressed two slanted wedges into clay tablets. The shapes represented a placeholder digit, squeezed between others, to distinguish numbers ...