Ham Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 today was maybe only the second or third one I've ever had.. I've had math classes emerge from chaos, to perfection, so to speak.. did you know that there are two decimal representations for the number one.. there is: 1.00000000000000000000000 (keep adding zeros as long as you wish..) then there is 0.9999999999999 (keep adding nines..) Could you actually prove that both are the same? So we are in math 097. after a very, very short version of math 096.. at first, I objected to going through math 097 material so fast. but now.. everybody who had a millionth of an inclination is in math 097. So they already know how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide real numbers.. maybe we can really learn something here, other than the mindless repetition of a few rules.. and they loved it.. these students actually have more than half a chance to understand advanced calculus.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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