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Euclid’s Algorithm

By Fawn | Published: May 15, 2017

I show my 6th graders this image, pointing out that this picture represents the two numbers 1 and 1 that I’d entered at the top. I then ask them to give me two new numbers — any two positive integers [that are 10 or less, for now] — and the computer will draw a new […]

Posted in Course 1 (6th Grade Math), Math 8, Problem Solving | Also tagged conjectures, Euclid's algorithm, GCF, great common factor, I Notice I Wonder, problem solving, rectangles, squares | 10 Responses

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