numeric passage usage, please!

[togilby]

Hi Julie,

I would like to better understand the parameters of using the numeric passage indicator.

from AAE, September 3, 2015 … the numeric passage indicator is used in math contexts…for lists of numbers. It should not be used on the printing history or the ISBN.

So ... in a math workbook (UEB/Nemeth), the following exercise has a simple string of numbers which do not require a switch to Nemeth. Would this fall into the above category of "math contexts … for lists of numbers"?

11. Identify the pattern by stating the rule. 100, 88, 76, 64, 52

If so, ugh! And if so, is this a "flexible" rule that can be employed only when useful?

I feel that the lack of separation between numbers would make these exercises more difficult than they need to be. If I must, I plan to write a TN explaining that the numeric passage indicator is not used for this type of exercise!

thanks for any clarification you can offer!

Trumbull

[claurent]

Technically, yes, you CAN use the numeric passage indicator in this situation.  But it is NOT required.  I agree with you and would not use it here. My understanding of this symbol is that is a tool to be used in situations where using it solves some type of problem...keeps a list of numbers all on one page, keeps the columns aligned as they are in print, etc.

Cindi

[togilby]

Thank you Cindi,

I am happy to know that the numeric passage indicator is a tool, not a rule,

haha, UEB poetry!

thanks for your explanation,

Trumbull

[Author]

Posts