Math Curiosity: Klauber’s Triangle
Objective
Students will search for patterns of prime numbers within a triangle made famous by Laurence Klauber.
Steps
- Students build their own Klauber triangle.
- Then they highlight all of the prime numbers, looking for patterns.
- I reveal a giant triangle and then challenge them to create their own shape to look for prime patterns.
Resources
- The Grid Paper (PDF) Partially filled out
- The Grid Paper (Google Slides) Partially filled out
- Blank Grid Paper (PDF)
- Blank Grid Paper (Google Slides)