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Lowry, Pat G. – Creative Computing, 1981
A program designed to calculate pi using a Monte Carlo simulation based on "throwing darts" at a quarter circle of unit radius inscribed in a unit square is presented. (MP)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Geometric Concepts, Instructional Materials
Download full textYunker, Lee E., Ed. – NCTM Student Math Notes, 1987
Five sets of activities for students are included in this document. Each is designed for use in junior high and secondary school mathematics instruction. The first is concerned with the use of models in mathematics. The second contains a variety of activities involving polygonal numbers. The third set of activities includes a variety of games for…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Geometric Concepts, Junior High School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Schaaf, William L., Ed. – 1967
This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series makes available expository articles which appeared in a variety of mathematical periodicals. Topics covered include: (1) the history of the number pi; (2) what's new about pi; (3) the number pi; (4) pi and probability; and (5) from the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Enrichment, Instruction, Mathematics Education
Peer reviewedBoas, Ralph P. – Mathematics Teacher, 1981
Record-breaking snowfalls are the starting point of a presentation that delves into many aspects of probability and interesting and unusual aspects of viewing independent, random phenomena. (MP)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Higher Education, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts
Maletsky, Evan, Ed. – NCTM Student Math Notes, 1985
Five sets of activities for students are included in this document. Each is designed for use in junior high and secondary school mathematics instruction. The first "Note" concerns magic squares in which the numbers in every row, column, and diagonal add up to the same sum. An etching by Albrecht Durer is presented, with four questions followed by…
Descriptors: Correlation, Enrichment Activities, Geometric Concepts, Junior High School Students
Maletsky, Evan, Ed.; Yunker, Lee E., Ed. – NCTM Student Math Notes, 1986
Five sets of activities for students are included in this document. Each is designed for use in junior high and secondary school mathematics instruction. The first Note concerns mathematics on postage stamps. Historical procedures and mathematicians, metric conversion, geometric ideas, and formulas are among the topics considered. Successful…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Geometric Concepts, Junior High School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Stanford Univ., CA. School Mathematics Study Group. – 1959
This is an experimental SMSG mathematics text for junior high school students. Key ideas emphasized are structure of arithmetic from an algebraic viewpoint, the real number system as a progressing development, and metric and non-metric relations in geometry. Chapter topics include why study mathematics, decimal and non-decimal numeration, the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Decimal Fractions, Fractions, Geometry
