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Papadopoulos, Ioannis; Iatridou, Maria – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2010
This paper examines the way two 10th graders cope with a non-standard generalisation problem that involves elementary concepts of number theory (more specifically linear Diophantine equations) in the geometrical context of a rectangle's area. Emphasis is given on how the students' past experience of problem solving (expressed through interplay…
Descriptors: Number Concepts, Grade 10, Problem Solving, Geometric Concepts