Objective
Students will generate an Ulam Spiral, highlight the primes, and note what patterns they see.
You can read more about this math curiosity on Wikipedia.
Steps
- Students arrange the first 100 (or so) integers into a spiral.
- They will highlight (or circle) only the primes in their spiral, looking for patterns.
- Finally, they will either extend their spiral or try to create a new shape or spiral and look for patterns.
Resources
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