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ERIC Number: EJ455058
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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David Copperfield's Orient Express Card Trick.
Kolpas, Sidney J.
Mathematics Teacher, v85 n7 p568-70 Oct 1992
Presents the mathematical proof, based on elementary number theory, for a card trick seen by students on television. Provides sources for other mathematical magic tricks that serve as motivational devices. (MDH)
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Proof (Mathematics), Secondary Education, Student Interests, Student Motivation, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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