Follow Us

Menu
Log in
Log in


Welcome to the OCTM website! 
Please click on the arrow at the upper left to view or hide the full menu.

What are the next 3 terms in this sequence?

26 Aug 2017 8:55 AM | Anonymous

Greetings!

The Ohio Journal of School Mathematics has just posted a newly published article, What Are The Next Three Terms In This Sequence?, by Janet Walker and Matthew McBurney of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 

Here's a link: https://library.osu.edu/ojs/index.php/OJSM/article/view/5816. The authors explore a task that---on its surface---appears unremarkable.  However, upon closer inspection (and with the help of some algebra and technology) yields some cool mathematics.  Arguably more importantly, they illustrate the danger of assuming that routine tasks have only one solution.

I love their use of TI-Nspire and the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS).  You really must check out their paper!  :)

OCTM is an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.


Powered by Wild Apricot Membership Software