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Imagining fraction Stage 3 is a thinking mathematically targeted teaching opportunity investigating ways to visualise and combine fractions.
- What Are Imaginary numbers?
- Do Negative Numbers Really Have A Square Root?
- Where Do Imaginary Numbers Fit in?
- Why Invent New numbers?
We’ll start with a question from 1996: Doctor Pete answered: So imaginary numbers started as just that: Imagining (contrary to fact!) that there was a number whose square is −1, giving it a name, and seeing what would happen. Mathematics not infrequently starts with a “what if” like this, and it is only after much study that we can be sure the idea...
The next question is from 2001: It’s interesting that Sam has somewhere learned about i, but saw it called j instead. This is traditional in physics, where i already has a meaning (“current”, which is called ifor “intensity of current”!), so a different letter is used. I answered, without commenting on that, or the misuse of “minus”: Everything dep...
A bigger question came to us in 2017, from a student who had not been taught about imaginary numbers, but ran across them in her reading: Are we just talking about things that don’t really exist? Sophia is not the first person to feel that way! She needed a gentle introduction. I answered: But can you just invent a number to fill in a gap like that...
I’ll close with a question from 2006: What is the motivation? I answered: We can invent something “just for fun”, or “just in case”! I’ve described this as taking a portal into another dimension, and ending up in the real world with a valid answer. Was it just a fluke that doing illegal things led to a legal result? You can read about the controver...
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Understand number definitions and terms. A number is a count or measurement. We write or talk about numbers using numerals such as ‘6’. We need to know the different types of numbers to be able to solve problems. Positive and negative numbers; Any number above zero is a positive number and any number below zero is a negative number. Real ...
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Types of Numbers. There are three PixiMaths lessons on types of number: Odd and even numbers looks at what it means for number to be odd or even with clear visual explanations. A differentiated main task is followed by an investigation looking at calculating with odd and even numbers.
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Macmillan, 2003 - Mathematics - 270 pages. Imagining Numbers (particularly the square root of minus fifteen) is Barry Mazur's invitation to those who take delight in the imaginative work of...
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