In this fantastical journey, you will be exploring several key concepts from the world of mathematics through narrative while supplementing them with activities from our Math program (EDM) to extend them further.
Vocabulary
As readers we started chapter one with a review of some vocabulary, and supplemented our learned by using these words to play charades and a speaking and listening game.Vocabulary
Practice the vocabulary from Chapter One using the following words.
Resources
We also reviewed important math concepts and learned how to make a palindrome with a number.
Follow these simple tools:
- Write down any number that is more than one digit. (e.g. 47)
- Write down the number reversed beneath the first number. (47+74)
- Add the two numbers together. (121)
- And 121 is indeed a palindrome.
- 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.
Additional reading about Palindromes
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