brought to my attention by one of Ed Southall's tweets (thanks) @solvemymaths
the name is created by Michael Jacobs who has many Yohakus,
for integers, decimals and directed numbers as well as fractions,
with multiplication as well as addition
2 by 2 up to 4 by 4 grids
and algebriac expression multiplication
these are simple but highly effective puzzles that involve practice of a variety of skills
the powerpoint suggests a way to tackle these particular fraction puzzles (Egyptian fractions)
(there might be more than one solution to some of these?)
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don steward
mathematics teaching 10 ~ 16
don steward
mathematics teaching 10 ~ 16
Showing posts with label fraction Egyptian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fraction Egyptian. Show all posts
Monday, 5 December 2016
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Egyptian fractions
around 2000 BCE, Ancient Egyptians wrote fractions as a sum of unit fractions
possibly to more easily give a sense of size of the fraction
should be printed on parchment paper...
possibly to more easily give a sense of size of the fraction
should be printed on parchment paper...
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