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ERIC Number: EJ525129
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
Activities: Some Colorful Mathematics.
DeTemple, Duane W.; Walker, Dean A.
Mathematics Teacher, v89 n4 p307-12,318-20 Apr 1996
Describes three activities in discrete mathematics that involve coloring geometric objects: counting colored regions of overlapping simple closed curves, counting colored triangulations of polygons, and determining the number of colors required to paint the plane so that no two points one inch apart are the same color. (MKR)
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Instruction, Plane Geometry, Secondary Education, Worksheets
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Discrete Mathematics; Mathematics Activities