Establishing Health Mentals on the Use of Number Sense on Operations with Integers

Abstract

This study aimed to establish health mentals on the use of number sense on operations with integers in Indonesian elementary school level. Setting of the study was a Private Elementary School in Indonesia, Sekolah Dasar Muhammadiyah Terpadu (SDMT), class VI students. This research was a qualitative study utilizing test and interview as data collection technique. The result of the study showed that on the use of number sense on operations with integers are: numeracy skills 52.2%, numerical knowledge 30.5%, transformation skills 21.7%, estimation skills 65.5%, and numerical patterns 52.2% which is categorized a healthy mental.