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Thinking quantitatively to solve problems: Conrad Wolfram

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: November 21, 2010

A lovely TED talk by Conrad Wolfram on what mathematics teaching and learning should be about in a digital era:

What a difference a peg makes: 4 peg Tower of Hanoi

Posted by: Gary Ernest Davis on: November 19, 2010

Tower of Hanoi puzzle – the rules Most people have heard of the classic Tower of Hanoi problem. The rules for the Tower of Hanoi game are these: 1. There are 3 pegs, and all disks begin on one of the pegs. 2. No two disks are the same size. 3. A larger disk may […]