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Spaces, no commas.

Astrid

On 9/16/16, Tim / STW wrote:
> I own a site that publishes teaching resources, including
ma
> ny math worksheets, for elementary teachers.
>
> We've had many requests to "translate" our worksheets
into C
> anadian-English. For example: If our instructions say,
"Co
> lor the odd numbers blue" - our Canadian customers
want an a
> lternate version available that says "Colour the odd
numbers
> blue." We've been going through our site, and making
Canad
> ian spelling changes as-needed. (Common words have
include
> d colour-color; favourite-favorite; meter-metre; litre-liter
> ; and so on.)
>
> My question is this: How do you format large numbers in
ele
> mentary schools?
>
> Do you write them like this:
> 567 123 132 ?
>
> Or like this:
> 567,123,132 ?
>
> I have seen it both ways online, but mostly with commas.
I
> have an older Canadian math textbook (Math Makes
Sense - 6th
> grade) that uses the spaces.
>
> So can you help me out? Commas or no commas?
>
> Also - are there any other Canadian-specific math words
that
> we should be aware of that we may have missed?
>
> Thank you.

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