Anthony- Thanks. Yes, I knew I couldn't drop one for the reasons you described. It's been a couple of years since I've had a braille student at this level of math so I can't remember the technically correct way to do it (following the Nemeth rules). But I was going to go ahead and braille it the way you mentioned and the research further when I get back to my main office. Thanks for your reply. Katie Culbertson Teacher of the Visually Impaired Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist West Central Joint Services 227-8542 WCJS 243-5510 WCJS Fax 227-4894 Robey 243-5714 Robey Fax "Anthony Tibbs" <anthony-list@xxxxxxxx> Sent by: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 12/05/2007 02:45 PM Please respond to duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [duxuser] Re: nemeth question - subtracting negative numbers Hi Katie, The person who indicated that you use only one subtraction symbol mustn't have realized that doing that would change the nature of the question. Mathetmatically speaking, 7 - -1 = ? is the same as 7 + 1 = ? You cannot "drop" one of the subtraction symbols, because it would change the nature of the question. Instead, you would probably be best to Braille it as 7 - (-1) = ? ... keeping both negative signs but putting the negative one in brackets. This is coming from someone who used Nemeth throughout high school and first-year university courses, but who has no official 'transcribers' training or anything of the sort. I do know, however, that you can't just "drop" a negative sign in the Braille and retain the same meaning! Take care, Anthony _____________________________________________________________________________ Scanned by Email Security Management Services. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail and any attachments are from a sender at the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are intended for the named recipients and may contain information that is confidential or privileged under Indiana and federal law. Any error in addressing or sending this e-mail is not a waiver of confidentiality and does not consent to copying or distribution of this e-mail or attachments. If you receive this e-mail in error, please notify the sender of the error by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and its attachments. If there is a need to speak to the sender, please call [317] 243-8251. _____________________________________________________________________________