The Lost Math Lessons

As a high school math teacher, I often run across or develop math ideas that are not taught in a typical math curriculum. Here are some of those ideas.

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Tile Patterns of Regular Polygons

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A regular polygon is a shape with all congruent sides and all congruent angles.  For example, an equilateral triangle is a regular polygon ...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

Hexagonal Honeycombs

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When bees build honeycombs, they do so in a pattern of tiled hexagons.  They create the borders of the hexagon with wax, leaving hexagonal ...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Synthetic Division with Higher Powers

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Most high school algebra textbooks cover two methods for dividing polynomials: long division and synthetic division.  The common teaching ...
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