median
don steward
mathematics teaching 10 ~ 16

Thursday 16 April 2009

alter a letter

change a letter = move a unit space
(to create equal edges)

bag, bog and big form an equilateral triangle

what happens if you then include beg?




can you think of another way to describe a square
in this way?
















what (2D) shape can be described by:
bag, bay, boy and bog?

what (3D) shape is:
big, bug, bag, bit, but, and bat?

what (3D) shape is:
hat, hut, hit, bat, but, and bit?

[this task was suggested by Gordon Haigh when he was at Wolverhampton University]

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