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Arrows pertaining to number lines need to be drawn (tactiley). It is recommended that you don’t use curved shafts, but make the lines straight with right angles instead of curves. Is the actual number circled or is it the scale mark for number 2 that is circled?
Could you insert the picture into a word document and attach that file? I don’t think I can give an answer without seeing the problem. Dorothy
Thank you so much. I absolutely agree with you regarding the internal comma. I have been putting a space after the comma all along and for some reason today I started questioning it. Thanks for siteing the rule. I now have it flagged in my book.
I would put a space following the comma. To do otherwise would make it look like an internal comma, would it not? In rule VI §43 there is a comment following examples 7 (x,y) and 8 (-3,2) which states “no space after comma in print; in braille, space required after a comma used as a punctuation mark”
This looks to me like a linked expression requiring special margins. It is displayed. The signs of comparison are vertically aligned in print. Only on the first line is the sign of comparison preceded by an expression on its left. Calling it a proof does not change the format defined by the Nemeth Code.
I would start the “proof” in cell 5 (2 cells to the right of the runover margin) with all of the comparison signs aligned in cell 7 — runovers to both the anchor and the links will be in cell 9. A tn similar to the following may precede your “proof”.
Each step in the print expression is followed by a blank to be filled in except for the final step.
I am attaching a word document with my suggestion in simbraille.
The closing boxing line should not go on a page by itself. Neither should you eliminate it. If you have room to start the box on the previous page, that would be the best option. If there is not room to start the box at the bottom of the previous page, you will have to bring the last line of the boxed material to the next page, followed by the boxing line.
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Hi Joanna,
Thank you so much for your help with this. I’m sorry to take so long to reply, but I was having trouble getting signed in. Thanks again for your help.
Keitha
edited by kmartin51 on 1/15/2010I also assumed a number should not extend past two coordinates, but Dorothy said to explain this on the SS page:
[simbraille]r[/simbraille] ordinary coordinate, aligned with the first digit of the number to which it pertains
The Nemeth Code says that when there is doubt as to whether or not a construction is an abbreviation, it must be treated as if it were not an abbreviation. So in this case, I would use a letter indicator on the A, but no numeric indicator on the 100. Rule II §11d says the numeric indicator must not be used after a hyphen if the hyphen follows a letter.
Yes, you would use braille symbols to create a number line in a Grade 6 textbook. However, your braille is incorrect. The scale mark and the first digit of its numeric label should be aligned. If the label is a fraction, the opening fraction indicator should be aligned with the scale mark. Do not divide the components of a fraction between lines. Since there appears to be no distinctive marker (such as a solid circle) in the print, there should be none in braille. Because there is no distinctive marker, I believe I would put the fractional value 12/16 below the number line where the other values are. If for some reason this value needs to be above the line, it should be aligned the same as those below the line. All of the components of the number line must be listed on the Special Symbols page
A long number line may be divided between braille lines if no other method will allow it to be contained on one line. A scale mark is the first thing on the runover line and is indented 2 cells to the right of the beginning of the original line. So if your number line starts in cell 1, the scale mark of the runover line will be in cell 3.
I couldn’t get the braille font to align when I put it directly into this message, so I have attached a word document to demonstrate my points.
edited by dworthing on 11/10/2009Hi Jade,
I have referred your question to Dorothy Worthington, who is our mathematics specialist.
BettyThe Code says that the termination indicator must not be used when the radical sign occurs without a radicand. If there is no vinculum, you would just show what is actually in print: the index of radical symbol, the index number, and the radical sign, as follows.
[braille],! SYMBOL <N> 9DICATES AN ;NTH ROOT4
