<p> A Place for Zero A Math Adventure Written by Angeline S. LoPresti</p><p>Read page 3 to set the scene and introduce the main character - Zero. Question – “He felt he had no place among the other digits.” How would you describe how Zero felt? Can you show me a sad face? Does Zero make you think of another character from other stories? Ugly Duckling, Rudolph (he never got to play reindeer games) </p><p>Read page 4 to introduce the supporting characters – King Multiplus, Queen Addeleine, and Count Infinity, the King’s trusted advisor.</p><p>Scene 1 Zero: “I need to find my place.”</p><p>Scene 2 Count Infinity: “Ah, young Zero! You’re just in time to help me figure out a better way to make a 1”</p><p>Zero: “What do you mean?”</p><p>County Infinity: “Well, most numbers are easy to make. I simply pop a handful of 1’s into my trusty Numberator. Making a 1, though – that’s trickier. To make a 1, I spend hours handcrafting it from a special material called integrium.”</p><p>Zero: Why don’t you just stick one 1 into the Numberator?</p><p>Count Infinity: “I’ve tried that, but the Numberator adds. You have to put in at least two numbers. No two numbers that 1 can think of add up to 1. Could you put this 1 into the Numberator for me? Just help the 1 stand right under the vacuum tube…… Action: Zero sucked up in to the Numberator.</p><p>Count Infinity: “Wonderful!, we have discovered your identity. I bet my binomials that if we add you to any number, we will always come up with the same number. You can help replenish the supply of digits in Digitatia!”</p><p>Scene 3 Zero: “I still feel that I haven’t really found my place. I wonder what would happen if I were multiplied with another number?”</p><p>Questions: How is zero feeling now? What do you think is going to happen? </p><p>Summarize the rest of story. Questions: How is Zero feeling now? How did Zero’s actions contribute to the sequence of events?</p>