Volume 2, Number 28

14 July 1997 Vol. 2, No. 28 THE MATH FORUM INTERNET NEWS Numeroscope | 9th Grade NASA Math Test | Non-English Math THE NUMEROSCOPE - PAUL BURCHARD http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/math/modules/numeroscope/ The Numeroscope is a multi-media, interactive laboratory for exploring number systems that form the basis for mathematical cryptography. It uses exotic number systems to illuminate the meaning of familiar algebraic operations such as +, -, x, /, sqrt, and log. The modules offer lab activities and discussion topics: - Addition and Multiples: When counting 'wraps around' - Multiplication, Powers, and Logarithms: How clock numbers behave under multiplication; a discrete logarithm problem - Factoring - Coiling up Clock Numbers; factoring out the influence of primes - Applications to Cryptography (RSA): The multiplicative structure of clocks with pq hours (p,q prime) - "Donut" Numbers - The Square Root: clock numbers and 'imaginary' roots - Galois Numbers - Solving Polynomial Equations: creating larger number systems by imagining solutions to more complicated polynomial equations You will need a Java-capable browser to use the Numeroscope. -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- NASA 9TH GRADE MATH PROFICIENCY TEST http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/p_test/math_pro1.html Practice questions for the Ohio ninth grade proficiency test from the Information Infrastructure Technology and Applications (IITA) K-12 Program of the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Thirty-nine questions help build skills in addition, multiplication, problem-solving, and algebra. Explanations why possible answers are correct or incorrect are included, and a question that tests comprehension of basic concepts follows each incorrect answer. In addition to a Teacher's Resource Center, this site also features a Wind Tunnel Aeronautics Activities project that offers experiments and lesson plans designed to help explain some of the basic principles of aeronautics. Answers to problems and Space Mathematics Worksheets are included. http://www.lerc.nasa.gov/Other_Groups/K-12/classproject.html -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- MATH FORUM NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESOURCES As a virtual center for mathematics on the Internet, the Math Forum strives to be an international site. We know that not all our users are native speakers of English, so our Internet Resource Collection includes pages of math resources in languages other than English. You can find them by using our searcher to look for French or German or Spanish: http://mathforum.org/dumpgrepform.html In addition, we have begun to develop pages of links to math resources from French- and Spanish-speaking countries, and we welcome your suggestions for additions: FRENCH http://mathforum.org/teachers/french.math.html SPANISH http://mathforum.org/teachers/spanish.math.html If you have or know of collections of math resources in other languages, we'd be happy to add them to our Non-English Language Resource page: http://mathforum.org/teachers/nonenglish.html -|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|-\-/-|- CHECK OUT OUR WEB SITE: The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/ Ask Dr. Math http://mathforum.org/dr.math/ Problem of the Week http://mathforum.org/geopow/ Internet Resources http://mathforum.org/~steve/ Join the Math Forum http://mathforum.org/join.forum.html Send comments to the Math Forum Internet Newsletter editors _o \o_ __| \ / |__ o _ o/ \o/ __|- __/ \__/o \o | o/ o/__/ /\ /| | \ \ / \ / \ /o\ / \ / \ / | / \ / \

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