Answer to Question #139034 in Real Analysis for Mpimo

Question

Distinguish between the phrase number concept and number sense

Answer 1

Number sense refers to a group of key math abilities.

Number sense is a group of skills that allow kids to work with numbers. It includes skills like:

Understanding quantities.

Grasping concepts like more and less, and larger and smaller.

Recognizing relationships between single items and groups of items (seven means one group of seven items).

Understanding symbols that represent quantities (7 means the same thing as seven).

Making number comparisons (12 is greater than 10, and four is half of eight).

Understanding the order of numbers in a list: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.

Number concepts cover the skills of counting and comparing. Both these skills are basic mathematics that must be mastered by children before they could pursue advanced mathematics learning. Number operations include the skills of addition and subtraction.