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What’s the Pattern? Fraction Addition

What’s the Pattern? Fraction Addition

Can your students figure out how to add fractions by looking for a pattern?

Find The Pattern: Multiply Fractions

Find The Pattern: Multiply Fractions

What if you set the stage for students to discover how to multiply fractions?

How Many Ways: Multiply Fractions Equal 1/4

How Many Ways: Multiply Fractions Equal 1/4

One equation. Digits one through nine. How many ways can you make it work?

Math Curiosity: Four Squares

Math Curiosity: Four Squares

Every positive integer can be written as the sum of (at most) four perfect squares!

Math Curiosity: Magic Squares

Math Curiosity: Magic Squares

Imagine a 3×3 square in which every row, column, and diagonal have the same sum. That’s a magic square!

Percents and Credit Cards

Percents and Credit Cards

Let’s buy something expensive with a credit card and then make only the minumum payments!

Furnishing A Hotel

Furnishing A Hotel

Design and furnish hotel rooms on a budget. Real math, real constraints, real decisions. Then pitch your hotel to investors.