Vision in elementary mathematics
by Sawyer, W. W., (Walter Warwick)
As the title suggests, this technique employs visual elements in its exploration of the most graphic and least "forbidding" aspects of mathematics. The author observes that most people possess a direct vision that permits them to "see" only the smaller numbers. In addressing this difficulty, both for those who like recreational mathematics and for those who teach, he suggests a variety of methods: techniques of visualizing, dramatizing, and analyzing numbers that attract and retain the attentio…
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- Full title :Vision in elementary mathematics / W.W. Sawyer.
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As the title suggests, this technique employs visual elements in its exploration of the most graphic and least "forbidding" aspects of mathematics. The author observes that most people possess a direct vision that permits them to "see" only the smaller numbers. In addressing this difficulty, both for those who like recreational mathematics and for those who teach, he suggests a variety of methods: techniques of visualizing, dramatizing, and analyzing numbers that attract and retain the attention and understanding. Topics range from basic multiplication and division to algebra, encompassing word problems, graphs, negative numbers, fractions, and many other practical applications of elementary mathematics. 1964 ed. Answers to Problems.
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- Publication Date:2003.
- Edition:Dover ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dover Publications
- Place of Publication:Mineola, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
Notes
Originally published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; Baltimore, Md. : Penguin Books, 1964, in series: Introducing mathematics ; 1.
The Physical Object
- Description:346 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:048642555X, 9780486425559
- oclc:ocm50606511
- LC Classification:QA135.6
- Dewey Decimal:372.7
Table of Contents
Even and odd -- Divisibility -- An unorthodox point of entry -- Tricks, bags, and machines -- Words, signs, and pictures -- Sudden appearance of a practical result -- A miniature problem in design -- Investigations -- The routines of algebra I -- The routines of algebra II -- Graphs -- Negative numbers -- Fractions.
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