Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Make your own Graphs

Make your own Graphs: Explore the wonderful world of graphs. Create your own, and see what different functions produce. Get to understand what is really happening.

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Basic Skill Practice Games

Basic Skill Practice Games:  Practice with graphing - lots of fun games! If linear equations are bugging you, try Algebra vs. the Cockroaches!

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Maths and Stats by Email | Big primes, Möbius zipper

Maths and Stats by Email | Big primes, Möbius zipper: "Article How to find a giant prime number  
   
Recently, mathematicians used computers to find the largest prime yet. It’s really big – it has over 17 million digits. If you printed it out in books, it would be roughly three times longer than all the Harry Potter books combined."

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Maths and Stats by Email | Pop-up tents and curved origami

Maths and Stats by Email | Pop-up tents and curved origami: "Have you ever noticed the wiggly line on a tennis ball? A group of Belgian scientists was researching buckling and folding of ring shapes. They noticed that many bent rings, from those in pop-up tents to broken bicycle wheels, had similar shapes. They all looked a bit like a line on a tennis ball."

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Sunday, October 14, 2012