TRANSLATE A STORY PROBLEM:
NICKLES, DIMES, AND QUARTERS |
an interactive javascripted exercise
For this exercise, study the problem in the box below for a few minutes.
Decide how you would translate the words into mathematical language, perhaps
writing your thoughts on paper. Then let your mouse wander across the problem,
noting how another observer would use and translate the same phrases. And
beware: your conscience is watching you!
conscience |
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Prof McFarland felt that
the student's main difficulty is the "setting up" process, and he hopes that
this web device helps the set up in a new and interesting way. Your comments
are eagerly invited! Thanks to Sasha Woodward in California for an arithmetic check.
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This page last updated
17 June 2006
by T.L. McFarland |
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