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Calculating Factorials Then and Now.

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Coates, Geoff – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2000

Discusses the mistakes of Kirschner, the German philosopher and mathematician, in calculating factorials of large numbers by hand in the 1600s. Uses computer technology to calculate those numbers now. (ASK)

Descriptors: Computation, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics History

What's New in the Last 4000 Years?

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Rudd, David – School Science and Mathematics, 1978

Modern sophisticated computers are shown to multiply the same way the ancient Egyptians did more than 4000 years ago--by doubling and adding. (MN)

Descriptors: Computation, Computer Science Education, Computers, Instructional Materials