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A Star to Guide Us.
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Norwood, Rick – Mathematics Teacher, 1999
Provides a brief historical explanation of the multiplication sign in mathematics. (ASK)
Descriptors: Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Secondary Education
Calculating Factorials Then and Now.
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Coates, Geoff – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2000
Discusses the mistakes of Kirschner, the German philosopher and mathematician, in calculating factorials of large numbers by hand in the 1600s. Uses computer technology to calculate those numbers now. (ASK)
Descriptors: Computation, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics History
Painless Drilling--Not Your Dentist, but the History of Mathematics.
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Krulik, Stephen – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980
Drill activities for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division that are derived from the history of mathematics are suggested. (MK)
Descriptors: Addition, Computation, Division, Elementary Education
Multiplication from "Lilavati" to the "Summa."
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Berg, Rebecca – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2001
Explores the five multiplication techniques found in the 12th century Lilavati by Bhaskara, which appear again in the 1494 Summa by Pacioli. Includes a student worksheet. (KHR)
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Learning Strategies, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction
Egyptian Fractions: Ahmes to Fibonacci to Today.
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Hurd, Spencer P. – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Presented is the ancient Egyptian algorithm for the operations of multiplication and division of integers and fractions. Theorems involving unit fractions, proved by Fibonacci, justifying and extending the Egyptian or Ahmes' methods into the Hindu-Arabic numeric representational system are given. (MDH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Division, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions