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Re: [math-learn] Re: Fraction cartoon - warning: for oldies only!
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Mar 8, 2011 4:30 PM
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Wonderful!
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From: Ihor <ihor@clime.org>
To: math-learn@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 1:39:34 PM
Subject: [math-learn] Re: Fraction cartoon - warning: for oldies only!
That's my website. I also posted the Video on youtube
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=bFNmmqzQj7U
Ihor Charischak
Http://clime.org
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> It's a wonderful little movie, called the "Weird Number."
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> See the link:
> http://www.ciese.org/ciesemath/number_town.html
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> Richard Strausz
> Southfield, Michigan
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> From: Rex Boggs <rexboggs5@...>
> To: math-learn <math-learn@yahoogroups.com>; AP Calculus <ap-calculus@...>; AP
>Statistics <ap-stat@...>
> Cc: Bernie O'Sullivan <bernie.os@...>
> Sent: Tue, Mar 8, 2011 6:08 am
> Subject: [math-learn] Fraction cartoon - warning: for oldies only!
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> For the AP teachers â?" this is off-topic. But, heck, read it anyway.
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> I received the email below from a teacher in Australia.
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> I remember the cartoon well, even though I only saw it once - it was a
>fantastic cartoon. I especially remember the ending, where there were rumours of
>mysterious numbers living in the surrounding mountains that couldnâ??t be
>written as fractions ....
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> Sadly I havenâ??t seen it for like 20 years+ though.
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> Any idea where/how we can track it down? Anyone else remember it?
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> Cheers
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> Rex
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> From: Bernie Osullivan
> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:49 PM
> To: AAMT list community
> Subject: [aamt-l] fraction cartoon
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> Can anyone help? Iâ??m trying to track down a cartoon from years ago on
>equivalent fractions. Itâ??s in the same vain as Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land.
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> In a nutshell, itâ??s about a town where only positive integers live. No one
>stole because they would get caught as they only stole according to their
>number. ie number 2 would steal only 2 of the item, never three etcâ?¦
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> One day, a half of something went missingâ?¦you get the picture. Eventually
>fractions were allowed into the town by the other citizens, but the half kept
>causing trouble, but people could never find him as he would change into 2/4 to
>avoid detection.
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> I hope I have given enough info. If you know the title and its location please
>let me know.
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> Bernie O'Sullivan
> Head of Mathematics
> St Luke's Anglican School
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