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ERIC Number: EJ106451
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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The Sum of n Polygonal Numbers
Strangman, Kathryn Besic
Mathematics Teacher, 67, 7, 655-658, Nov 74
Ways of finding the sums of some interesting sequences of numbers are discussed. Finding the patterns creates a challenge, but the patterns are not too difficult for average pupils to discover. Mathematical induction can then be used to prove the formulas. (LS)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Induction, Instruction, Mathematics Education, Numbers, Pattern Recognition, Patterns in Mathematics, Secondary School Mathematics
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Identifiers: Proof (Mathematics); Sequences (Mathematics)