https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r Add a comment with what you liked the most and what you learned from the movie (if anything) en-us 2018-08-15 09:24:49 UTC 2018-08-18 11:08:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273241645 Well I guess I know why the sum of 1+2+3...+n=((n^2)+n)/2 now. The most interesting part, I found, was definitely the bit with galilean ratios.]]> 2018-08-15 13:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273241645 MrsVasile https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273360995 What I have found interesting is the ease at which maths can be visualised to the point where complex operations and number sequences can take a very short period of time to solve. I have also seen how the formula (n^2+n)/2 (sum of the first n natural numbers formula) is derived.]]> 2018-08-15 23:27:39 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273360995 MrsVasile https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273657552 "The thing I found most interesting and surprising is the paths game with the 5x5 square, since something so seemingly trial and error heavy could actually be solved simply by making the square a checkerboard. I also learned about the Galileo ratios, and a way to visualise them using the L shapes on the square."]]> 2018-08-17 06:02:45 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273657552 https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273686397 What I have the most interesting and surprising is the path puzzle (5x5) that he presented. It is interesting to see that has been done and thought through for years come join together into solved simiply using checkers. And I guess now I know what is a galilean ratio is now.]]> 2018-08-17 11:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273686397 https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273697197 I found the connection between the odd number fractions, the galileo ratios and the L shapes on the checkerboard to be very interesting. The statement, the sum of the first n odd numbers must be n squared while the even numbers were (n^2+n)/2 were also very intriguing. 

I also found Professor James S. Tanton's methods of simple mathematics, subtraction and division to be much easier and faster than the classical way.]]> 2018-08-17 12:53:41 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273697197 https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273700648 I found professor Tanton's exploration of the 5x5 square to be incredibly insightful and interesting. The sums of consecutive integers and consecutive odd integers and how the formulas for these two sums could be derived from the 5x5 squares were also really interesting.]]> 2018-08-17 13:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273700648 https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273701264 I was actually so interested about the paths game with the 5 x 5 square, that I actually paused the video to figure it out myself... I couldn't but it turned out to be one of the simplest answers. Maybe mathematics is a simple subject after all, only if we change how we see it.

]]> 2018-08-17 13:11:55 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273701264 https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273851225 I liked Prof James Tanton's way of teaching, it makes it easier for me to visualize the question in my head aswell as introduce new perspectives I could view maths problems. The video also explained to me some applications of mathematics in the real life, which is always a welcomed sight as constantly looking at rows of text and symbols makes you forget that maths has other purposes besides being a question on a test.]]> 2018-08-18 10:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsVasile/zy3x6rikuh1r/wish/273851225