Saturday, September 22, 2007

Egyptian geometry and other challenges: Let’s play math!

Egyptian geometry and other challenges: Let’s play math!:
FROM THE MOSCOW PAPYRUS 
(3) The area of a rectangle is 12, and the width is 3/4 of the length. How long are the sides of the rectangle?
The area of a rectangle equals length times width (l•w), which equals 12

(4) One leg of a right triangle is 2 1/2 times the other, and the area is 20. How long are the triangle’s sides?
The area of a triangle equals 1/2 of the base times the height (A=1/2 bh), which equals 20.

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5 comments:

  1. You're giving flashbacks to algebra one class last spring, we also did some geometry review.

    Alg 2 starts Tuesday yeehaw!

    Ha! ;)

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  2. Yeah!! "Gotta love math" is one of my favorite sayings!

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  3. Ummm, okay...I'll take your word for it.

    I'm more into literature myself so math is rather like a totally different language to me. Figures ain't really my forte.

    Yet, I have a couple of grandchildren who would regard your math as fun...can't understand it meself...

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  4. Thank you, I enjoyed the Egyptian geometry problems article.
    I would like to invite you to visit more geometry challenges at 52 geometry problems

    Antonio

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