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020 _a9781470416959
040 _cEducational Supplies
_aICTS-TIFR
050 _aQA13.5
100 _aRozhkovskaya, Natasha
245 _aMath circles for elementary school students
260 _aUSA:
_bAMS,
_c[c2014]
300 _a166 p
505 _aPart I. Berkeley Math Circle Part II. Manhattan Math Circle Seminar -Counting rhymes -Arithmetic -More coded pictures -Make your own problem -Cut the square -Siege of the fortress -More logic problems -Estimates -Problems with unknowns -Knots, links, and paths -How old are you? -No solutions -The pigeon hole principle
520 _aThe main part of this book describes the first semester of the existence of a successful and now highly popular program for elementary school students at the Berkeley Math Circle. The topics discussed in the book introduce the participants to the basics of many important areas of modern mathematics, including logic, symmetry, probability theory, knot theory, cryptography, fractals, and number theory. Each chapter in the first part of this book consists of two parts. It starts with generously illustrated sets of problems and hands-on activities. This part is addressed to young readers who can try to solve problems on their own or to discuss them with adults. The second part of each chapter is addressed to teachers and parents. It includes comments on the topics of the lesson, relates those topics to discussions in other chapters, and describes the actual reaction of math circle participants to the proposed activities.
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