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Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Primes: The Distribution of Primes
This lesson focuses on the distribution of large prime numbers. It offers a calculator to check numbers for prime and a calculator that allows you to create prime numbers. It also provides the history of methods find the distribution of...
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Mathigon: Euclidean Geometry: Origami and Paper Folding
This lesson focuses on a different way to construct geometric figures without tools, Origami. The goal is to make objects out of one or more sheets of paper, without any additional tools like glue or scissors. You can create incredibly...
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Mathigon: Geometry: Triangles and Trigonometry: Properties of Triangles
This lesson focuses on the properties of triangles, a closed shape that has three sides, three vertices, and and three internal angles. There are different types of triangles such as a right triangle, obtuse, and acute based on the...
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Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Polygons
This lesson focuses on polygons; a polygon is a closed, flat shape that has only straight sides. Polygons can have any number of sides and angles, but the sides cannot be curved.
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Mathigon: Math Foundations: Grades 6 8
This is the electronic text for math foundations for grades 6-8. It is in the process of being rewritten so only specific sections are available now. More will be added over time.
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Mathigon: Timeline of Mathematics
Travel through time and explore the greatest mathematicians and the biggest mathematical discoveries in history. Click on any name for brief biographical details.
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Mathigon: Axioms and Proof
Explore this course in logic, sets, and proof including topics of axioms, set theory, and proof by contradiction and induction.
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Mathigon: Real, Irrational, Imaginary Numbers
Explore this course in imaginary and complex numbers including topics of integers, real numbers, infinity, transcendental numbers, imaginary and complex numbers.
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Mathigon: Infinity
Explore this course on infinity the including topics of the continuum hypothesis, Cantor's diagonal, and countability.
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Mathigon: Fractals
Explore this course in fractals and dimensions including topics of The Sierpinski Gasket, The Mandelbrot Set, fractals in nature and technology, and fractals in 3-dimensional space.
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Mathigon: Mathematical Treasure Hunt
The mathematical treasure hunt allows students to follow a trail of clues and mathematical problems around the school site; each clue contains a hint to where the next clue is hidden.
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Mathigon: Mathematical Treasure Hunt
The mathematical treasure hunt allows students to follow a trail of clues and mathematical problems around the school site; each clue contains a hint to where the next clue is hidden.
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Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Prime: Greatest Common Factors
This lesson focuses on the greatest common factors it poses real situations and asks students answer them and then it provides more information and more exercises.
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Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Primes: Real Life Applications
This lesson provides real life applications for divisibility and prime numbers including the Cicada Cycle's use of prime numbers and Cryptography,encryption.
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Mathigon: Combinatorics: World of Math
This lesson focuses on Combinatorics, a branch of mathematics which is about counting. It includes 5 sections: Factorials, Permutations, Combinations, Combinatorics and Pascal's Triangle, and Combinatorics and Probability with examples...
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Mathigon: Math Foundations: Divisibility and Prime: Least Common Multiples
This lesson features practical applications for finding the least common multiples.
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Mathigon: Geometry: Transformation and Symmetry: Introduction
This lesson is an introduction to transformation and symmetry by showing examples in nature and in buildings.
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Mathigon: Euclidean Geometry: Geometric Construction
This lesson focuses on the history of geometric construction beginning with Euclid's Axioms to the simple tools such as the straight edge and the compass.
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Mathigon: Geometry: Rigid Transformations
This lesson focuses on rigid transformations, a specific set of rules that convert one geometric figure into another one. There are many different types of transformations, like reflections or rotations. It provides several practice...
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Mathigon: Geometry: Symmetry Groups
This lesson focuses on symmetry groups; some shapes have more than one symmetry. You can add two symmetries to form a new one. It provides examples and practice exercises including a "symmetry calculator."
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Mathigon: Geometry: Symmetry Groups and Wallpapers
This lesson focuses on wallpaper groups. While there are infinitely many possible patterns, they all have one of just 17 different symmetry groups. These are called the Wallpaper Groups. Every wallpaper group is defined by a combination...
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Mathigon: Graphs and Networks: Graphs in Everyday Life
This lesson focuses on graphs in everyday life including virtual graphs such as the Internet or physical computer networks of computers. It puts graph theory into practice and provides examples and learning exercises.
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Mathigon: Geometry: Symmetry in Physics
This lesson focuses on symmetry in physics. The laws of nature are the name given collectively to the physical rules (usually expressed as mathematical equations) that try to explain everything we observe in the universe.
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Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Quadrilaterals
This lesson focuses on quadrilaterals which can fall into multiple categories based on the number of sides and the angles.