Mathematics galore! : the first five years of the St. Mark's Institute of Mathematics / James Tanton.
The author of this book believes that there isn't enough creative exploration in mathematical education. To remedy this he has produced a recreational math book that promotes intellectual play and adaptability of thought by engaging the reader in mathematical activities.
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Language: | English |
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[Washington, D.C.] :
Mathematical Association of America,
[2012], ©2012.
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Series: | Classroom resource materials.
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Physical Description: | xv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Arctangents
- Benford's law
- Braids
- CLIP theory
- Dots and dashes
- Factor trees
- Folding fractions and conics
- Folding patterns and dragons
- Folding and pouring
- Fractions
- Integer triangles
- Lattice polygons
- Layered tilings
- The middle of a triangle
- Partitions
- Personalized polynomials
- Playing with Pi
- Pythagoras's theorem
- On reflection
- Repunits and primes
- The Stern-Brocot tree
- Tessellations
- Theon's ladder and squangular numbers
- Tiling and theorems
- The tower of Hanoi
- Weird multiplication.