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Re: Setting up problems



On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 13:38:58 -0400 Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@MINDSPRING.COM>
writes:
At 10:57 -0500 10/9/03, Rick Tarara wrote:

.... " Start with some shapes for which areas or
volumes are readily calculated (squares, cubes, circles, spheres)
and have them figure out the ratios of areas, volumes, etc., for
different sizes, then extend it to irregular shapes,....."

*** Are your students able to figure out the ratios of volumes
for irregular shapes. I'm having a bit of trouble trying to
figure it out myself. Please explain how this is done.

Thanks

Herb Gottlieb