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A Star to Guide Us.

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Norwood, Rick – Mathematics Teacher, 1999

Provides a brief historical explanation of the multiplication sign in mathematics. (ASK)

Descriptors: Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Secondary Education

Painless Drilling--Not Your Dentist, but the History of Mathematics.

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Krulik, Stephen – Arithmetic Teacher, 1980

Drill activities for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division that are derived from the history of mathematics are suggested. (MK)

Descriptors: Addition, Computation, Division, Elementary Education

Egyptian Fractions: Ahmes to Fibonacci to Today.

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Hurd, Spencer P. – Mathematics Teacher, 1991

Presented is the ancient Egyptian algorithm for the operations of multiplication and division of integers and fractions. Theorems involving unit fractions, proved by Fibonacci, justifying and extending the Egyptian or Ahmes' methods into the Hindu-Arabic numeric representational system are given. (MDH)

Descriptors: Algebra, Division, Elementary Secondary Education, Fractions