Lecture Description
After the even numbers, the multiples of 10 are particularly important. Their names are discussed, at least up to 100. Then we consider also multiples of 5, of 4 and of 3. While generated by addition (to get multiples of 3, just add 3 repeatedly), sequences of multiples naturally form a bridge to multiplication.
The names for all the numbers up to 200 are given, and we also discuss a simplified naming system that is worth thinking about.
We also emphasize the important of representing multiples geometrically, using rectangles of a fixed height.
Course Index
- Counting using the grid plane
- Arithmetic with rectangles
- Number systems throughout history
- The Hindu-Arabic number system
- Laws of arithmetic using geometry
- Fun with polyominoes
- Addition and the names of numbers
- Addition in practice
- Multiples, and more names of numbers
- Word problems using addition
- Elementary projective (line) geometry
- Pappus and Pascal
- Logical reasoning with tic-tac-toe
- The multiplication table
- More multiplication: The 10x10 table
- Some tricks to help with multiplication
- Area problems using multiplication
- The time scale of a human life
- An introduction to measuring
Course Description
Feel like learning mathematics from the ground up? Here is your chance: K-6 mathematics explained intuitively but accurately in a novel way by a professional pure mathematician.
The series is meant for those who are teaching public or high school, parents who have children in those years, and anyone who would like to strengthen their understanding of the subject.