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Teaching Percentage: Ideas and Suggestions.

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Glatzer, David J. – Arithmetic Teacher, 1984

Ideas for teaching the concepts of percentage, recognition of patterns in percentages, percentage as a special ratio, ways of finding percentages, and fractional percentages are presented. (MNS)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Pattern Recognition

A Computer-Based Investigation in Algebra.

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Winter, M. J. – Mathematics Teacher, 1984

How to find and classify positive integral solutions to 1/a + 1/b = 1/c in beginning and advanced algebra classes is described. The computer finds the solutions, but students practice algebraic manipulation as they analyze the solutions for patterns. Extensions to challenge more capable students are included. (MNS)

Descriptors: Algebra, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Integers