Mathematics was created to complicate human life.

Chimpanzees can do sums using the arrays from 0 to 4.

Goodnough & Long, (2002) says mathematics is interactive and taught traditionally.

Mathematics requires memory and rote learning as it is not creative.

Pattern recognition

Basic arithmetic skills

Logical thinking and justification

Negative numbers are not included

Only both negative and positive whole numbers are included

Contains fractions and integers

Only includes whole numbers

It has a four faces

It is four sides

It has a square base

It has two parallel faces

Parallelogram

Rhombus

Kite

Blindly following rules 

Understanding why steps in mathematics work.

Memorising steps

Guessing answers

Fifteenth

tenths

Ones

Tenth

Geoboard

Mathematical instruments

Represents mathematical operations

It represents numbers modelled by operations

It contains symbols only

Only includes whole numbers