Key learning points

1. The numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 5 are formed using one contionous motion.
2. The numeral 4 needs you to lift your pencil to add another line.
3. A numeral is a digit which represents a number.

Keywords

• Continuous motion - the smooth and uninterrupted motion we make when writing, without lifting our writing tool from the paper

• Numeral - a symbol or character used to represent a number

• Digit - refers to a single number from 0 to 9, like the digits we use when counting or writing numbers

Common misconception