Thousands Separators
TeachingThe Convention
The internationally accepted convention is to use spaces
after every 3 digits in a large number.
This convention has been, largely, adopted for
the K7Math resources.
Changing the Spaces to Commas
If teachers wish to use commas instead of spaces
this can be achieved as follows:
* Click on an Activity number to open it in the
screen viewer
* Click on the Word icon to download as a Word
doc
* Click on 'Enable Edit'
* Delete the spaces and put in a comma as
required
* Save the customized activity on your computer
A Note About Assessments
* As it is still common practice to use commas
in the classroom the assessments at K7Math have commas.
* We have done this to minimize the potential
for student error in assessments.
* Eventually, when it is more common to use
spaces ion the classroom, our assessments will follow suit.