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Re: non academic math
Posted:
Sep 27, 1996 8:06 PM
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>I am teaching some high school students who are in a non academic stream
>and I would like some information on resources for some practical math
>activities and games. Nothing complex but somewhere along the lines of how
>many times does your heart beat in a month, or if you ride 40km each day in
>a school bus how many days would it take to go around the world.
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>Tim Doskoch
>Edmonton, Alberta
>Canada
There are some excellent activities in the Mental Mathematics series for
Intermediate and middle school. They help students develop methods for
caluclating in their head in a logical manner. These are from Dale
Seymour.
Enjoy!
Eileen
Eileen Abrahamson
e-mail: 0191enel@informns.k12.mn.us
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