Answer to Question #140622 in Math for Amaljith

Question

Give one example each, with justification, to support the following statements. i) Children in early primary school have a problem with handling formal arithmetic. ii) Repetition is not the same as rote learning. iii) Objects of different shapes may have the same volume?

Answer 1

i) Children in early primary school have a problem with handling formal arithmetic. For example, it may be difficult for them to learn the rules for subtraction and multiplying.

ii) Repetition is not the same as rote learning. For example, you repeat some rule, when you complete some similar exercises using this rule. But rote learning is when you just learn the rule.

iii) Objects of different shapes may have the same volume. For example, the cube and the sphere can have the same volume.