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Chapter 04

Reference Topics 5-2

June 9, 2016July 8, 2015 by elaine

This is a very useful site. You enter any positive integer and it will return a prime factorization of that integer.
http://www.rsok.com/~jrm/factor.html

The Prime Pages; there is a lot here. Articles include the “Guinness book of” prime number records, how … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Reference Topics Tags Goldbach's conjecture, Pascal's triangle, Prime Numbers

Individual Research Projects Section 4.5

September 28, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Project 4.7

Build a working model of Napier’s rods.

Project 4.8

Write a paper and prepare a classroom demonstration on the use of an abacus.
Build your own device as a project.

Project 4.9

Write a paper regarding the invention … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Individual Research Projects Tags Abacus, China, Computer, Greek, Napier's rods, Pascal's triangle

Individual Research Projects 4-4

September 28, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Project 4.5

“I became operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Ill., on January 12, 1997,” the computer HAL declares in Arthur C. Clarke’s 1968 novel, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Now that time has passed and many advances have … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Individual Research Projects Tags Computers

Individual Research Projects Section 4.3

September 28, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Project 4.3

The people from the Long Lost Land had only the following four symbols as shown in the text. Write out the first 20 numbers.

Find
a. square plus star and
b. star times star.
(Use your imagination to … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Individual Research Projects

Individual Research Project Section 4.2

September 28, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Project 4.2

What are some of the significant events in the development of mathematics? Who are some of the famous people who have contributed to mathematical knowledge?

References:

Howard Eves, In Mathematical Circles, Vols. 1 and 2 (Boston: … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Individual Research Projects

Individual Research Project Section 4.1

September 28, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Project 4-1

Write a paper discussing the Egyptian method of multiplication.

References:

James Newman, The World of Mathematics, Vol. I (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956), pp. 170-178.
Howard Eves, Introduction to the History of Mathematics, … See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Individual Research Projects Tags Egyptian numeration system

Video Links 4-2

August 11, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Video:
Hindu-Arabic Numeration System (time: 2:36)
… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Video Links Tags Arabic, Numeration Systems

Video Links 4-5

August 11, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Video:
Computer History Museum (time: 6:51)
… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Video Links Tags Computer

Video Links 4-1

August 11, 2015July 6, 2015 by elaine

Video:
How to Represent Numbers in Japanese (time: 2:50)
… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Video Links Tags Japan, Numbers

Reference Topics 4-2

July 6, 2015 by elaine

There is an interesting site dealing with the abacus:
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~elf/abacus/… See the whole entry

Categories Chapter 04, Reference Topics Tags Abacus
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