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ERIC Number: EJ461795
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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The Method of Archimedes.
Del Grande, John
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n3 p240-43 Mar 1993
Describes the method that Archimedes utilized to calculate the volumes of spheres and other solids. The method found the volume of a sphere by comparing the mass of parallel slices of a sphere and a cone with that of a cylinder of known mass. (MDH)
Descriptors: Mathematical Formulas, Mathematics Education, Mathematics History, Mathematics Instruction, Measurement, Problem Solving, Secondary Education, Solid Geometry, Volume (Mathematics), Weight (Mass)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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