DS's homework this week involved subtraction, with a series of sentences such as "Abdul had 24 biscuits, Ben had 4 less. How many biscuits did Ben have?"
I thought this should have been "Ben had 4 fewer", and scribbled on the homework sheet to that effect.
Teacher has come back to say "this is the mathematical language we are using at the moment, though it is good to learn alternatives for the same concept".
Leaving aside my red pen tendencies with DS's homework, is DS's teacher correct that it can be acceptable to talk about "less" when using "mathematical language"?
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FamiliesShareGerms · 18/11/2012 11:40
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