Difficulties in math, also known as dyscalculia, affects the areas of arithmetic and mathematics as it is a deficit in logical and reasoning abilities.
Consult TBC:
If a 4-year-old child has:
- Difficulty listing numbers in the correct order
- Difficulty matching numbers and words or matching digits and number of objects
- Difficulty counting objects
If a child between 6 and 12 years of age has:
- Trouble in mathematical operations
- Trouble manipulating numbers
- Trouble identifying the sequence
- Trouble reading and understanding time
- Trouble handling money and working out change
- Trouble solving problems
If a teenager has:
- Issues in organizational skills
- Issues in the mental representation of objects or actions
- Issues with fractions and decimal
- Issues with mathematical reasoning
- Issues understanding graphs