Mathematics galore!
Subtitle: the first five years of the St. Mark's Institute of Mathematics
By: James Tanton
Contributors: Mathematical Association of America
Series: Classroom resource materials; Classroom resource materials (Unnumbered)
Publisher: The Mathematical Association of America
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780883857762; 9781614441038
Subjects: Mathematics; Problems, exercises; Mathematical recreations; Study and teaching
Other titles: First five years of the St. Mark's Institute of Mathematics
Description: 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.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Arctangents; title: Benford's law; title: Braids; title: CLIP theory; title: Dots and dashes; title: Factor trees; title: Folding fractions and conics; title: Folding patterns and dragons; title: Folding and pouring; title: Fractions; title: Integer triangles; title: Lattice polygons; title: Layered tilings; title: The middle of a triangle; title: Partitions; title: Personalized polynomials; title: Playing with Pi; title: Pythagoras's theorem; title: On reflection; title: Repunits and primes; title: The Stern-Brocot tree; title: Tessellations; title: Theon's ladder and squangular numbers; title: Tiling and theorems; title: The tower of Hanoi; title: Weird multiplication.