The Number Devil - Chapter 1 - Wrap Up and prep for Chapter 2

To wrap up our work on chapter 1, The First Night, Readers from both Ms Sanchez and Ms Kitto's classes, please read Palindromic Numbers Reading. 

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Then try this on your Reading Journal:

 

1. Write down any number that is more than one digit. (e.g. 47)
2. Write down the number reversed beneath the first number. (47+74)
3. Add the two numbers together. (121)
4. And 121 is indeed a palindrome.
5. Try a simple one first, such as 18. Sometimes you need to use the first addition answer and repeat the process of reversing and adding.You will nearly always arrive at a palindrome answer within six steps. Try one of these numbers 68 or 79. If you choose a number greater than 89 arriving at the palindrome answer takes more steps but it still works. But don't try 196! In fact, avoid it like the plague.... A computer has already gone through several thousand stages and still hasn't come up with a palindrome answer! I wonder if you can think how many 2 digit palindromes there are? How about finding all of the 3, 4, 5 or 6 digit ones? How about to a million digits! Some people have already beaten you to that, you'll be glad to know. You can find the results of their work on the web here .

Readers, over the Carnival Break continue reading up! 

Try to learn not just from print texts, but also from video texts. If you can, try to find videos about a main idea you find in our class reading, The Number Devil - Chapter 2 (The Second Night). As you watch and read on the same topic, explore what it is like to try to take notes from several sources. You might find that both the book and the article teach about the same subject. And so your notes may end up being smashed together.

Take notes in any way that allows you to be the most powerful learner you can be on the topic.

Suggestions for you:

Roman Numerals
Negative Numbers
Exponents
Notation