Employs statistical tools to determine whether the digits of Pi are pseudorandom. Discusses the difficulties in answering this question. (Author/NB)

Although many studies have examined the alignment of state standards with large-scale assessment and instruction, fewer have attended to alignment concerning alternate assessments for students with significant disabilities. This study was designed to (1) compare expectations in one state's alternate assessment (AA) with curricular priorities…

In the renewed "Primary Framework for Mathematics" for England, great emphasis is given to calculation and its prerequisites (DfES, 2006). Expectations are increased for calculations and the recall of number facts, with mental calculation owning a higher profile, while progression in written calculation is clarified. The greater focus on…

Several activities focusing on the number 1976 are presented. (SD)

Several excerpts from Euclid's "Elements" are cited, and their applications to the natural, positive rational, and positive real number systems are discussed. (SD)

This textbook is one of a series of publications designed to provide information needed by Navy personnel whose duties require an elementary and general knowledge of the fundamental concepts of number systems, logic circuits, and Boolean algebra. Topic 1, Number Systems, describes the radix; the positional notation; the decimal, binary, octal, and…

A COMPARISON OF NUMBER SYSTEMS IS MADE IN THE FIRST SECTION OF THE CLASSWORK MATERIALS. A CHART COMPARING PREHISTORIC, BABYLONIAN, AND EGYPTIAN NUMBER SYSTEMS IS PRESENTED, AS WELL AS A WORK SHEET FOR EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHICS AND A TEST ON NUMBER SYSTEMS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE TESTS ON GRAPHIC FRACTIONS, COMMON DENOMINATORS, THE MULTIPLICATION OF…

This is a magazine for teachers of mathematics in the South Pacific who teach at the Form I level or above. Materials which can be used in the classroom are included in most of the articles. Articles are on instructional strategies, curriculum developments, interesting problems, puzzles and math lab activities. Many articles are particularly…

The first of three volumes of a mathematics training course for Navy personnel, this document covers a wide range of basic mathematics. The text begins with number systems, signed numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages and continues into algebra with exponents, polynomials, and linear equations. Early chapters were designed to give insight…

The author shows how changing the restriction context of "Fermat's Last Theorem" alters the statement of impossibility. (MN)

Portion of the chapter on Numerals" from author's forthcoming book on Japanese and the Other Altaic Languages". Paper delivered at the March 1969 meeting of the Association for Asian Studies on The Periphery of the Japanese Language". (DS)