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ERIC Number: EJ620551
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0730-8639
Playing with Partitions on the Computer.
Hassen, Abdulkadir; Osler, Thomas J.
Mathematics and Computer Education, v35 n1 p5-17 Win 2001
The notions of pentagonal numbers and partitions can be understood by students at the precalculus level, and should work well in a first course in programming for high school or college students. Presents opportunities to conjecture properties of partitions from a computer program. (Contains 14 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Numbers, Programming, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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