Notes on the History of Mathematics
... didn’t come up with modern algebraic notation until the 1600s or so).3 • In these cultures, mathematics was concerned with solving applied, practical problems. Rather than talking about the area of a circle, the problem talks about a “round field”. There is little, if any, geometric abstraction in e ...
... didn’t come up with modern algebraic notation until the 1600s or so).3 • In these cultures, mathematics was concerned with solving applied, practical problems. Rather than talking about the area of a circle, the problem talks about a “round field”. There is little, if any, geometric abstraction in e ...
A Pascal-Type Triangle Characterizing Twin Primes
... involve more than just two adjacent rows in the corresponding triangles. Another recurrence relation for the b(k, s), involving all the preceding rows in the triangle, can be found on page 175 of [5]. In this connection it is interesting to note that triangular recurrence relations, and more genera ...
... involve more than just two adjacent rows in the corresponding triangles. Another recurrence relation for the b(k, s), involving all the preceding rows in the triangle, can be found on page 175 of [5]. In this connection it is interesting to note that triangular recurrence relations, and more genera ...
Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers
... Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers The Eagles won 7 out of 11 games while the Seals won 8 out of 12 games. Which team has the better record? Change each fraction to a decimal. Compare the two decimals. ...
... Comparing and Ordering Rational Numbers The Eagles won 7 out of 11 games while the Seals won 8 out of 12 games. Which team has the better record? Change each fraction to a decimal. Compare the two decimals. ...
Keynote: Structure and Coherence: Telling the Story of the Journey
... 3Grade3ThemeaningoffractionsInGrades1and2,studentsusefractionlanguagetodescribepartitionsofshapesintoequalshares.2.G.3In2.G.3Partitioncirclesandrectanglesintotwo,three,orfourequalshares,describethesharesusingthewordshalves,thirds,halfof,athirdof,etc.,anddescribethewholeastwohalves,threethirds,fourfo ...
... 3Grade3ThemeaningoffractionsInGrades1and2,studentsusefractionlanguagetodescribepartitionsofshapesintoequalshares.2.G.3In2.G.3Partitioncirclesandrectanglesintotwo,three,orfourequalshares,describethesharesusingthewordshalves,thirds,halfof,athirdof,etc.,anddescribethewholeastwohalves,threethirds,fourfo ...
