Yesterday afternoon I was listening to rest of the latest (as of August 31, 2017) Wrong but Useful podcast. That podcast is here:
The Wrong but Useful podcast on Itunes
A little project we did from a “fun fact” mentioned in the first part of the podcast is here:
Exploring a fun number fact I heard on Wrong but Useful
The second half of the podcast was a really interesting discussion of math education. One thing that caught my attention was comparing math education to music education and the idea of having students do “math recitals.”
Another part that caught my attention was a problem used mainly to see the work of the students rather than the specific answers. That problem is roughly as follows:
Find two numbers that multiply to be 1,000,000 but have the property that neither is a multiple of 10.
Here’s how my younger son approached the problem – it was absolutely fascinating to me to see how he thought about it.
Here’s what my older son did. Much more in line with what I was expecting.
Fun little project – definitely check out the Wrong but Useful podcast if you like hearing about math and math education.
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