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Short for “Thinking Out Loud.” The mathematical equivalent of LOL, which is recommended for students to do, as they discuss with others how to solve a math problem, or articulate which step in a math proof has led to a faux solution or contradictory result.
Math teachers and tutors ought to encourage their students to TOL, because this under-utilized or overlooked habit would help them articulate their mental processes, while allowing others to expose their faux or flawed reasoning, if any.
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Algebra helps students to move from the particular to the general, as they learn to speak the language of science.
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The postmodern artist of “Golden Pi” decided to affix a smaller painting underneath it as an explanatory note to the larger one.
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In the sequence III, I, lV, I, V, IX, …, with three primary line segments being used to write the number four or nine in the Roman number system, what will be the least number of line segments needed to write the first thirty-two digits of the decimal number π?
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With three permissible orientations of the legs (/, |, \), show that there are at most six possible movements of the pi dance.
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Algebra helps students to move from the particular to the general, by enabling them to speak the language of science so that they’d make sense of the workings of the universe.
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