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Alien Encounters

A dramatization, in two Acts, of the struggles of European mathematicians of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to come to terms with the newly admitted negative numbers.

Leonardo da Vinci's Geometric Sketches

This is a collection of plates that Leonardo da Vinci created to illustrate De divina proportione of Luca Pacioli.

Traveling Men

Two men starting from the same point begin walking in different directions. Their rates of travel are in the ratio 7:3.

A Basket Case

Rabbits and pheasants are put in a basket.

Elephant Hunt

On an expedition to seize his enemy's elephants, a king marched 2 yojanas the first day.

Rifle Ball Through a Three-Inch Plank

A rifle ball is fired through a three-inch plank, the resistance of which causes an unknown constant retardation of its velocity.

'In these numbers we use no fractions': A Classroom Module on Stevin's Decimal Fractions

After completing this assignment on Simon Stevin's treatment of decimal fractions in his 1585 De Thiende, the author's preservice mathematics teachers understood why our usual procedure for multiplying such fractions works.

How Much to Buy a Horse?

Three men wish to buy a horse but none have a sufficient amount of money for the purchase; to do so, they must borrow from each other. How much money does each man have and what is the price of the horse?

Ohio Section Short Course, Study the Masters
The Ohio Section Short Course will consider the use of original sources in teaching mathematics.
Round Pond in Rectangular Garden

A round pond sits in a rectangular garden. Its center is inaccessible; however, you know the distances from each corner of the garden to the circumference of the pond: 60, 52, 28, and 40 yards. What is the radius of the pond?

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