Windsor High School

Welcome and Intro 

Fun Math Resources

Students: Check out the math library tab under the arrow for this page if you want to borrow anything! :) 

**To be posted: Materials from our work on infinity and Pascal's Triangle

3/27: More proofs by induction

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3/20: Proof by Induction

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3/6: The Pigeonhole Principle

These are the problems we worked on. 

Here are my solutions. 

2/13: Links

This is the Numberphile video we watched on the Borromean rings. 

We experimented with finding a 3-component Brunnian link that  is not the Borromean rings. 

We also tried to find a 4-component Brunnian link. 

1/23, 1/30, 2/6: Knots

We worked on this. 

This is the video we watched on a fast (?) way to tie shoelaces!

1/9: Math Games

We played SET and Prime Climb. You can play SET online here if you're interested!

12/19: RELAYS!!!

We did our first relay*!! These were the problems we used. They were primarily taken from the Guardian's "Monday Math Puzzles" (Alex Bellos) and mathigon.org. The Rudolph question was taken from GCHQ's Christmas Challenge 2022. 

*Shout out to Group 1 for their performance of "I Want It That Way". 

12/12: Intro to Modular Arithmetic

We wrapped up our discussion on groups from last week: 

• We read this blurb from Keith Conrad about why groups are important. 

• We watched this video about how group theory is related to Rubik's cubes and music

Modular arithmetic handout

12/5: Symmetries of the Square 

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A picture of the table that E put up on the board for us:

11/28: Things We Take For Granted

You asked me how to prove the quadratic formula last week...so you get to do it for yourself this week!

+ some proofs of basic algebra laws from the field axioms. 

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11/21 : Coloring Problems

You can find all problems and solutions here.

11/14: A Mathematical Investigation of Spot It!

This is a written explanation of what we worked on. 

This is the video we watched.  Here is another great video that's more in-depth if you're interested in learning more.

11/7: An Intro to the Math of Voting

See here for more explanations on the material we covered and solutions to the problems we worked on. 

10/31: Welcome and the Handshake Problem

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