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ERIC Number: EJ756682
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Jan
Pages: 6
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
That Ubiquitous Sum: 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n
Bezuszka, Stanley J.; Kenney, Margaret J.
Mathematics Teacher, v98 n5 p316-321 Jan 2005
This article illustrates how the arithmetic series 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + n is pervasive in mathematical contexts as a powerful problem-solving tool.
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Computation, Arithmetic, Mathematics
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. 1906 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1502. Tel: 800-235-7566; Tel: 703-620-3702; Fax: 703-476-2970; e-mail: orders@nctm.org; Web site: http://www.nctm.org/publications/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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