What if the number one has a square root other than one? It absolutely does. I publish my research as an “opinion” because my usual kind of logic is considered anti-scientific and it definitely should be. It’s not really complex fraud, it’s just that mathematics is understood to be a human construct with pre-constructed assumptions. […]
Tag Archives: Prime Numbers
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Jun
Jun
During the months of teaching my students, I had the opportunity to work alongside a wonderful math teacher who made the letters of the game. He instructs his students in board games to help them work with simple math operations, factors, and prime numbers. Use this article and I will share a few of their […]
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Apr
Apr
Students usually have their first encounters with prime and composite numbers in upper elementary or middle school math classes. As a middle school math teacher, I find that asking students to interact in a lesson improves the learning outcome. This strategy for teaching prime and composite numbers always works well with my math students. For […]
The Importance of Math in School The formal definition of mathematics, as given by Webster’s Dictionary, is the science of numbers and their operations, interrelations, combinations, generalizations, and abstractions. Math goes even farther beyond this rather limited definition. Math is more than a science of numbers. It requires a certain type of mindset to be […]