This is one in a series of SMSG supplementary and enrichment pamphlets for high school students. This series is designed to make material for the study of topics of special interest to students readily accessible in classroom quantity. Topics covered include primes, factors, divisibility, greatest common factor, least common multiple, Robinson's…

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 prime numbers; (2) mathematical sieves; (3) the factorgram; and (4) perfect numbers. (MP)

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 nature of mathematics; (2) mathematical inutility and the advance of science; and (3) logic. (MP)

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…

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 two most original creations of the human spirit; (2) mathematics of music; (3) numbers and the music of the east…

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 golden section; (2) the geometry of the pentagon and the golden section; (3) meet Mr. Tau; and (4) the golden…

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) is there an infinity; (2) infinity and its presentation at the high school level; (3) the hierarchy of infinities and…

This is part three of a three-part manual for teachers using SMSG junior high school text materials. Each chapter contains an introduction and a collection of sample test questions. Each section contains a discussion related to the topic at hand and answers to all the exercises. Chapter topics include: (1) non-metric geometry; (2) volumes and…

This is volume three of a three-volume set for teachers using SMSG junior high school text materials. Each unit contains a commentary on the text, answers to all the exercises, a copy of the questionnaire used for evaluating the material, and a summary of comments by the teachers using the text. Unit topics include: (1) what is mathematics; (2)…

The materials in this booklet are designed especially for the low achieving student in mathematics. Containing some materials from a course in general mathematics, the booklet is intended to be used in conjunction with conventional textbook materials and is designed to serve as a source of new ideas for teachers and to relieve the teacher of much…

This booklet, one of a series, has been developed for the project, A Program for Mathematically Underdeveloped Pupils. A project team, including inservice teachers, is being used to write and develop the materials for this program. The materials developed in this booklet include (1) systems of numeration from an historical point of view, (2) a…

This booklet, one of a series, has been developed for the project, A Program for Mathematically Underdeveloped Pupils. A project team, including inservice teachers, is being used to write and develop the materials for this program. The materials developed in this booklet include (1) the meaning of probability, (2) counting outcomes, (3) mutually…

This student discussion guide is intended to accompany "Explorations in Mathematics," a text for teachers. The materials in this booklet relate mainly to variables, graphs, signed numbers, logic, identities, functions and matrices. The materials were designed to be used as supplementary materials with students in grades 5 through 9. (RP)

This report presents a more detailed elaboration and discussion of the mathematical content of the central concepts which have been designated as the Mathematical Strands of the Mathematics Curriculum for grades K-8. In Part I of the report there is a discussion of the pedagogical philosophy which the committee felt was to have an importance equal…

This statement by the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics includes a definition of "basic skills" in mathematics and a rationale for the position that "basic skills" must include more than computation. Ten basic skill areas are identified and discussed. Basic skills and the student's future, minimum essentials for…