Quick Writes

Divide: A word with many meanings - some destructive and othersconstructive. A noun or a verb. A divide could be an area across a valley where one might want to build a bridge. A divide could be a stretch between cultures - a social divide. Of course, to divide is the cutting of another object or number into smaller pieces. Divide is the root word of division, which is the noun that is used to claim where a divide ha been made. Divide begins with the letter D and contains two i's. No other basic mathematics skill begins with the letter D

Zero: Zero is a unique word - a word to describe nothing - truly nothing. Zero is a concept that seems obvious today, but in the early days of mathematical study, zero did not exist. it was completely left off the number line of integers. It is an amazing concept when you think of it - something that's sole purpose is to describe nothing. Zero makes adding, subtracting and multiplying very easy. But something very interesting happens with division. Zero can divide as many times as one wishes. I can give you zero things many, many times over. However, when I try to divide by zero, it becomes mathematically impossible. Why, you ask? Well to dived by zero means that I am not dividing at all, which makes it impossible.