Piece of Pi: Wit-Sharpening, Brain-Bruising, Number-Crunching Activities with Pi

ISBN-13: 9781593631208 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 48 str.

Naila Bokari

Opis

While students often encounter pi in the mathematics classroom when applying various formulas, rarely do they use or explore pi in other contexts. The fascinating activities in this book encourage higher-order thinking and offer a complete overview of this important number while giving students practice in important math skills.

Grades 6-8

Spis treści

Introduction Information for the Instructor Interesting Pi Facts A Chronology of Pi Lessons for Exploring Pi Discovering Aryabhata's Value For Il Pi and the Bible Srinavasa Ramanujan (the Geometric Method) Circular Pi Estimations and Computations For Pi Hats Off to Pi Pi and the Greek Alphabet Button's Needle Experiment Finding the Square Root of Pi Using Random Numbers Archimedes' Method Extra Activities and Material Where Do You Find Pi? Remembering Pi Glossary Information About Mathematicians Resources for Pi

O autorze

Naila Bokari