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MathsClass This Week 20 January 2013

Sunday, 20 January 2013 | 0 Comments

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This week on MathsLinks

Fraction Chart – TeacherLED 14 Jan 2013



An improvement of the standard fraction chart for use with a projector/IWB.







Is Zero Even? – Numberphile 13 Jan 2013



A bit about zero – including a discussion of its even-ness!?







Encryption and HUGE numbers – Numberphile 13 Jan 2013



Banks, Facebook, Twitter and Google use epic numbers – based on prime factors – to keep our Internet secrets. This is RSA public-key encryption.







Graphing Stories 13 Jan 2013



Graph a story.







xkcd: Compass and Straightedge 13 Jan 2013



I learned in high school what geometers discovered long ago:
Using only a compass and straightedge, it's impossible to construct friends.







Derivatives Graphs 13 Jan 2013



Explore the changing slope of a few different curves as you change x-values.





This week on MathsKit


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