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magicmirror) wrote2011-03-31 10:16 am
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I gave my students a "project". The question is: how many different integer triangles with a given perimeter are there. I asked them not to search internet, and to do as much as they can themselves. I also warned them that this is an awfully difficult problem, and they might not end up with a nice proven formula. I suggested that as a start they could find the number of triangles for a few "small" perimeters, and then see what else they could do. I said that I will grade the project as "pass"-"fail", "fail" being "did nothing." I knew that they are always willing to try a problem anyway, and there is no need to motivate (or frighten ) them wih a grade in this case.
I of course did internet search myself, but did not find anything 7 grade appropriate and complete.
I was amazed at what they did so far, and we have not even finished yet! And then I myself decided to search the web again, to see what else can be added to what they did, and what nobody did before.
Unbelievable! I saw my own daughter working on this problem in Math Circle, with James Tanton, when she was the age of my students !!!
I of course did internet search myself, but did not find anything 7 grade appropriate and complete.
I was amazed at what they did so far, and we have not even finished yet! And then I myself decided to search the web again, to see what else can be added to what they did, and what nobody did before.
Unbelievable! I saw my own daughter working on this problem in Math Circle, with James Tanton, when she was the age of my students !!!
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Сколько разных треугольников с целочисленными сторонами имеют данный периметр?
Ты, наверное, все-таки по-другому ее поняла. А как?
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Может быть, надо не конкретное число брать, а выводить закономерность для общего?
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Нина, может быть, ты что-нибудь посоветуешь, как с ней заниматься? Ей 12 лет. Рассеянна. Не очень собрана. Иногда проявляет чудеса сообразительности. Без всяких занятий получила первое место в школе в олимпиаде по математике и в городе каким-то призером стала. Пора уже ее мучить и прививать ненависть к науке? Мы решаем задачи из Спивака ("Тысяча и одна задача по математике"), но они несложные пока.