Jan 232009

In another channel called 2d7182818, he/she has proposed six methods, concerning a math puzzle of changing 2718 2818 to 2009 in a mathematical way.
It took me 9 minutes 33 seconds to come up with the 7th method and so I’d like to share with others.
Duration : 0:3:13

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Jan 172009

I’ve tried to relate a number of 9’s to some meaningful number, such as the number of this year, 2009. I intend to let people appreciate the very simple tool of mathematics, which can show their myriad of changes of use. This problem is only a vehicle to give people the taste of the skill [...]

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Jan 082009

http://RightBrainMath.com Great visual patterns and overviews of how numbers work from a right brain perspective. Tom Biesanz (Mister Numbers) shows how the patterns look and how they relate to families of factor numbers.
Duration : 0:5:43

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