Year 8
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Introductory and end of term gems - what is mathematics, origin of mathematics, uniqueness of, mathematics the science and art of patterns.
Mathematics as recognition of patterns
NUMBER
Eratosthenes, his sieve and some properties of prime numbers
Pythagorean brotherhood and Pythagoras
MATHEMATICAL OPERATIONS
Some other mathematical artefacts from the history to help calculations
GEOMETRY
History of representational techniques
Perspective - short history
Regular polyhedra and Plato
Ratio and proportion - equivalent, direct, inverse
Beautiful proportions - maths and art; square roots of 2, 3, and 5 and where can they be found
TRIGONOMETRY
Pythagoras' theorem - calculations, problems, and constructions
ALGEBRA
History of the name and few other things
LOGIC
artefacts | numerals | concepts | people | places | pythagoreans | egyptians | babylonians
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