The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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Section 6.2 Individual Research

Project 6.1

Write a paper on the relationship between geometric areas and algebraic expressions.

References:

Albert B. Bennett, Jr., "Visual Thinking and Number Relationships," The Mathematics Teacher, April, 1988.

Robert L. Kimball, "Sharing Teaching Ideas: Using Pattern Anaylsis to Determine the Squares of Three Consecutive Integers," The Mathematics Teacher, January 1986.