Weekly Questions
Your weekly questions will be posted here as they are presented in
class.
August 29: Select a solution to the handshake problem that was
different from the one you developed. Explain that way of doing
the problem, as if to a student who was not in class that day.
September 5: Short week - no question.
September 12: Use pennies, nickels, and quarters to explain
counting in base five. Note: please read this
carefully. Do not teach
how to use coins. Assume your readers know how to use
coins. Use coins to explain base five, which, as you know, most
people do not know about.
September 19: Explain addition and subtraction of whole
numbers. Refer to examples in other bases.
September 26: What does multiplication mean?
October 3: Explain multidigit multiplication.
October 10: Explain different interpretations of division.
October 17: Explain multidigit division.
October 24: Explain and justify how to find the number of factors of
any natural number.
October 31: Explain arithmetic (all four operations) with
integers.
November 7: Explain the concept of a fraction. Refer to
many different models.
November 14: Explain arithmetic (all four operations) with
fractions.
November 21: Explain arithmetic (all four operations) with
decimals.
November 28: Discuss the difference between rational and
irrational numbers.