This page contains activities to promote an understanding of Length.
If you have developed activities applying to this area you may like
to share them with other mathematics teachers.
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mgoodies.html (0 Kb)
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18-Apr-99 |
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Gisele Glosser
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HTML Document |
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3 free interactive math lessons on Circumference and Area of Circles from Math Goodies.
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cirprob.doc (13 Kb)
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24-May-98 |
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Rex Boggs
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MS Word Document |
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Two classic questions - putting a steel band around the earth, and marking out a running track. Given as a short practice assignment to Maths B early in year 11, but suitable when studying circumference of a circle in year 9 or year 10. Probably too difficult for most year 8 students.
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triprob.doc (15 Kb)
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24-May-98 |
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Ken Williams
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MS Word Document |
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How many triangles with integral sides can be constructed so the sum of the sides is 15? Answer is supplied by Dr. Math.
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railine.RTF (29 Kb)
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24-May-98 |
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Mathematics Teachers of South Australia
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Rich Text Format |
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The Expanding Rail Line
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Pythagoras, You're Going in Circles |
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untitled0.RTF (28 Kb) |
| Date: |
24-May-98 |
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Mathematics Teachers of South Australia
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Rich Text Format |
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Pythagoras discovered that the sum of the areas of the squares on the 2 sides about the right angle
was equal to the area of the square on the hypotenuse.
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Approximating Pi by Series |
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Doc1.rtf (28 Kb) |
| Date: |
24-May-98 |
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Unknown
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Rich Text Format |
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here are always a few kids that want to know how all of those digits of
pi were found. This article will help.
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