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[Math] Stories About Never-Ending Sums
Alex Friedlander describes ways that students' interest in infinitely large and small numbers can be used to increase their engagement in mathematics lessons, particularly connected to the use of stories that invoke equations that lead to infinity. Friedlander provides sample stories (both his own and from mythology) which can be used to teach these concepts.    Read full article

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