This handbook is designed as a guide for teachers and students in choosing and developing mathematics projects. Included are materials ranging from simple demonstrations of mathematical problems or principles that the teachers had assigned as classroom learning experiences to complex, sophisticated exhibits intended for fairs and competitions. The…

This workbook is designed to be used as a review at the end of a college level course in algebra and trigonometry. Four review sheets containing 117 problems provide hints and detailed solutions for each problem. (YP)

Nine problem situations involving the use of random numbers are given. Topics include cooking, hunting, bacteria contamination, waiting lines, ransom walks, and branching. In addition to the problem situation, questions are suggested which can be used to extend the investigations. (LS)

Worksheets for a short unit on magic squares, together with directions for their use and answer keys, are provided. They are suggested for use in grades seven through twelve. (SD)

This collection of jokes, riddles, and limericks is designed to be used to enliven the presentation of mathematical material by use in the classroom, on the bulletin board, or to add levity to test papers. Chapter topics include: (1) The Classics and Other Stories; (2) Jokes; (3) It Figures; (4) Quickies; (5) Riddles; and (6) In Verse. An index…

THIS MANUAL IS INTENDED TO BE OF USE TO TEACHERS, AND TO STUDENTS IN GRADES SEVEN THROUGH TWELVE, AS ENRICHMENT OR BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR MATHEMATICS COURSES. IT ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS OF LOGICAL STEP-BY-STEP ANALYSIS OF PROBLEMS FOR COMPUTERS, OF THE WAYS IN WHICH COMPUTER CAPABILITIES CAN SUGGEST DIFFERENT…

The initial purpose of using the Suppes-Stanford CAI Mathematics Drill-and-Practice Program in the McComb, Mississippi, schools was to determine its practicality in a district remote from the developers of the program. It has been found that a significant educational difference exists between groups of children who received computer-assisted…

This booklet includes short descriptions of the history of the calendar, Napier's Bones, and the beginnings of algebra. The remaining two stories discuss the number nine raised to the ninth power of nine, and repeating decimals. (DT)

Equations or systems of equations can be associated with letters of the alphabet printed in the coordinate plane. Messages can be coded and decoded with a computer or by hand. (SD)

Described is mathematics used by the ancient Babylonians and recorded on tablets which have been dated 3000-2000 B.C., and 700-500 B.C. (SD)

An activity similar to magic squares is described. (SD)

In order to solve a functional equation, one must identify possible functions that satisfy a given equation. This paper seeks to convince the reader that students in high school could be exposed profitably to certain functional equations. Several examples of functional equations are given and discussed. (Author/MP)

Forming whole numbers which read the same from left to right as from right to left is considered. A list of such numbers less than 1000 is included along with implications for instruction. (MN)