I am glad that I could collaborate with Aakriti and Nancy to exhibit our work in front of our classmates and demonstrate Ahmes' Loaves problem both in modern and ancient approaches. For me, as a teacher candidate in the subject of mathematics, the assignment is a process of experiencing the wisdom of ancient mathematicians who was able to solve "pure" mathematical problems without relying on algebra, thus broadening my horizon. By researching into the terminology of false position or regula falsi , we started our journey of exploring how ancient Egyptians solve an arithmetic problem. Ahmes' Loaves Problem [1] It did not take too much time for us to solve the problem by using modern algebraic solution. We let d be the common difference of the arithmetical progression and expressed each term in terms of d . By establishing an equation based on the second condition given by the question, we quickly obtained the common difference which is equal to 55/6. However, it was...
Sijie, Your presentation is wonderfully curated to bring together the history, sociology, art, and, mathematics of Tangram. This is a great presentation for teachers and students. You have reminded me of details for the use of Tangrams in teaching and learning. As well, the story of the spread of Tangram to Europe is something new for me. I like how you have used one whole piece of paper to create each part of your Tangram.
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