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A Grade Ahead Explores the Evolution of Math

Part II: Math Class in the Late Medieval and Renaissance Eras As you have struggled with a complex math problem, have you ever considered how someone first figured out how to solve it? Who in history came up with the …
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A Grade Ahead Explores the Evolution of Math

Part I: The Origins of Algebraic Thinking and the Modern Number System Have you ever had to solve a word problem with an unknown quantity? For example, “There are 4 apples in a basket. The apples and the basket together …
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