Page 5: Touching Infinity
- Calkin, Neil and Wilf, Herbert S. Recounting the rationals. The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 107, No. 4. (2000), pp. 360-363.
- Coins in Twoland, Joshua Zucker.
- Recipe for 3D-printed binary coins
- Session handouts:
- Hyperbinary counting sheet (Word doc)
- Hyperbinary numbers proofs key (PDF; TeX files available upon request)
- Hyperbinary tree handout (PDF; TeX files available upon request)
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Page 9: Listen, Share, Play
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Page 12: Tiling with Pentagons
- Session handouts:
- Other MTC sessions on tilings:
- Press items:
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Page 14: Locked Out
- Handout with suggested problems
- Handout with lock instructions
- Sources of good problems for a breakout box session:
- Vaderlind, Paul, et al. The Inquisitive Problem Solver. The Mathematical Association of America, 2002.
- Erickson, Martin. AHA! Solutions. The Mathematical Association of America, 2009.
- Johnson, Ken, et al. Crossing the River with Dogs. Wiley, 2012.
- Chen, Sam, et al. AMC 8 Preparation. Self-published, 2014.
- The Art of Problem Solving, AMC Problems and Solutions.
- Math Kangaroo, Sample Problems
- Brilliant.org
- Games Magazine
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Page 17: Opportunities
- American Mathematics Competitions: tests and curriculum materials that build problem-solving skills in middle and high school students.
- Rosenthal Prize: applications are now open for a $25,000 prize for innovation and inspiration in math teaching.
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Page 19: Global Math Week
- The Global Math Project aims to engage a million students and teachers around the world during Global Math Week.
- Exploding Dots: a favorite topic for MTCs that was developed by Global Math Project founding team member James Tanton.
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