Timed Writing

Zero

Ok when I first think of zero I think of nothing.  Actually I think of a song i heard as a kid that either you're a zero or a hero haha.  I think a lot of people, especially kids, may have a negative conotation attached to the zero.  They may see it to mean you have nothing.  If you play sports, to have zero goals means you didn't accomplish what you set out to do and you probably lost or at the most tied in the game.  I know the concept of zero can be hard to visualize or understand at times in mathematics.  What is zero is a common type of question I remember younger students used to wonder.

Divide

When I think of divide obviously the first thing that comes to mind for me is mathematics.  Division was a topic i at first struggled with in elementary school but came to love once i realized it was just the opposite of multplication.  I'm tring to think of ways it is used outsideof mathematics.  It can be used in daily everyday life when someone refers to dividing up the class, dividing up supplies, etc, etc.   I'm not sure exactly ;what i shold be writing right now, whether i should be writing about the different ways the w ord is used in everyday life or should i focus on the way it's used in math.  I guess another way to think about divide is to think of it as breaking apart.  Divide something for some people amay  mean to break something that is whole apart, like a country.