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Preview of Fun with Four Different Mathematical Systems

Fun with Four Different Mathematical Systems

Created by
Mary Ellen Page
What a great way to manipulate numbers from four different civilizations and learn about their culture! Students will develop critical thinking skills as they decode our Arabic numbers to learn famous quotes, spell English words using Roman numerals, work with unfamiliar Arabic numbers and practice reading from right to left. Mayan numbers will be the most challenging and interesting. Appropriate for Grades 4-12, higher education, and homeschoolers.
Preview of Ciphers and Codebreaking (mini booklet)

Ciphers and Codebreaking (mini booklet)

Originally written for Algebra 2 students as a fun end-of-year after-testing activity. It's a lighthearted take on the subject but includes some more serious math. This is a 58-page mini-textbook that covers some basic elements of classical cryptography, including Caesar, vigenere, affine, and keyword ciphers, among others. It discusses modular arithmetic, solving algebraic equations with modular arithmetic, and some basic work with prime numbers (coprimes, Ulam's spiral, Mersenne Primes). The
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