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Mathematics in School January 2006


Volume 35 Number 1


Editors John Berry, Chris Pritchard

Contents

Editorial
The ubiquitous isosceles triangle part 1 - constructions Pat Perks and Stephanie Prestage
Helping children succeed with word problems Eula Ewing Monroe, Robert Panchyshyn and Damon L. Bahr
Powers and ages: number theory at the birthday party Bonnie H. Litwiller and David R. Duncan
Taking out a loan Dave Elgin
What's the probability ...? David Barnes
A historical view from India on the area of an isosceles trapezium Dipak Jadhav
Geometry on holiday Mark A. Glaister and Paul Glaister
The role of simple own constructed manipulatives in improving student participation, understanding and mathematical effectiveness Judit Kerekes
Figurate numbers on the multiplication square Paul Stephenson
Generating several Interesting mathematics investigative tasks from a simple stem (in Singapore) Kwee Gek Chua
Powers of two David Pagni
Prime time John Sykes
Insight through programming Walter Milner
Resource notes 18 - patterns for numbers with systematically repeated digits Mike Rose
Square root and cube root algorithms Dave Elgin
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