The Unexpected Attracts Attention.

Kingston, J. Maurice

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Publication Date: 1973

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The Unexpected Attracts Attention

Kingston, J. Maurice

Mathematics Teacher, 66, 7, 655-656, Nov 73

Demonstrated are binary operations on whole numbers which are commutative but not associative, or associative but not cummutative. Also presented are sets of numbers within which the Unique Factorization Theorem does not hold true. (JP)

Descriptors: Instruction, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Education, Modern Mathematics, Number Concepts, Teaching Methods

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