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Puzzling thoughts |
 Two circles - an
interactive exploration into interactive geometry and beyond: algebra,
coordinate geometry and complex numbers. |
1, 2, 3, 4 - four digits
that DWARFED the universe - What is the largest number you can make using
the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4, the four mathematical signs, +, -, *, ÷,
brackets and the decimal point? - from MicroMath
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Recommended puzzle books -
from Martin Gardner, Douglas Hofstadter, David Wells, Keith Devlin, Rudy
Rucker, Boris Kordemsky, Ivars Peterson, John Allen Paulos, H.E.Dudeney, Sam
Loyd, Simon Singh. and others.
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Astounding!:
eip+ 1=0. What are the most astounding
facts accessible to school pupils? |
Can time be metricised?:
why do we cope with 7, 12, 24, 60, 52, 365, 366 and 3600 - a brief comment by
Zaini Ismail. |
Numbers in Words: What
are the largest and smallest numbers that you can find expressed in words in
which all the letters are different? - a puzzle from the 1960's dusted off and
reconsidered.
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Archive |
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 Read the diary of one school's attempt to introduce new
teaching methods: a straightforward and honest account of the experiences
encountered by the pupils and staff involved - MEP
Project
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Using Software |
Growing dandelions
on a TI-83 / EL9600. A
statistical simulation of a random process
Distribution models with a TI-82 by
David Cassell, Hewett School, Norwich
All
you need is... a cheap, small, portable computer - but is the Texas
Instruments TI-92 the answer?
Logo
Fractals - How to use logo to produce fractals like Sierpinski's
gasket
Fractal Landscapes Generator - by
Felix Golubov.
A spreadsheet's largest
number - what is the largest number your spreadsheet can display - and
why?
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And finally |
"Can you do addition?" the
White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one
and one and one and one?"
"I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."
Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll |
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