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1,  Elements of Reason. 1996
1A. Pattern Based Reason  1995
1B. Math Curriculum Notes 1996
2. Three Skills for Algebra  1995
3.
_Why_Slopes_&_More_Math_1995

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1.  Solving Linear Equations  2005
2.-Fractions-Rates-Proportns-Units-2006
3.  Algebra, Odds & Ends, HS level-2001
4.-Euclidean-Geometry/Complex No.s 
5.  Analytic Geometry/Functions 2006
6.  Number Theory. 2006-7
7.  Complex Numbers More 2001
8.  Calculus Introduction 2005
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9   Real  Analysis 1995
10. Secondary IV? maths 2006-7
11. Math Education Essays  2006-7
12. LaTeX2HotEqn: 2004
13. Electric Circuits Etc  2007
14. Quebec Math Education 2004
15-Prequel-to-the-How-TOs-06-2008
How TOs/ Ref.-08- 2008
1. Arithmetic Reference
2. Algebra 
3. More Algebra 
4. Geometry  
5. More Geometry
6. Calculus
7. Logics in Maths


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 For better work & study skills, read logic chapters 1 to 5  in  Three Skills for Algebra. Sooner is better. Good luck.

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Do not leave here without it -  Logic mastery  will develops critical thinking, improve reading and writing, and give a firmer base for work and studies at many levels. Good luck.

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Caution: Site advice is approximately correct, for some circumstances, not all. Site How-TOs are logically developed, but not tried and tested. That leaves room for thought and refinement..

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After logic  (a) continue reading Three Skills for Algebra, chapters 8 to 14  and do so alongside site area on solving linear2007 Equations ; or (b) see this calculus starter lesson and Volume 3, Why Slopes  & More Math, chapters 2 to 6;


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Number Theory 

This site area outlines a development of the properties of real and complex numbers from counting (enumeration) and geometric assumptions.    While some explanations are in sequence, others can be read independently. The outline of area content below will allow reader to select what to explore. Bon Appetit.

Some of the counting principles in this site area are met in college mathematics as consequences of mathematical induction in some college mathematics programs. These counting principles are also met implicitly in the primary school development of counting and arithmetic skills and concepts.  Their explicit recognition in primary and secondary school might lead to greater coherency in the thought-based development of mathematics from counting with pebbles and more manipulatives to intermediate calculus.

The top level number theory pages

Origins of Counting or Tallying
Adding Wholes
Multipling Wholes
Distributive Law  Preamble
Distributive Law for Wholes
Consequences
More Consequences
What is a Fraction
Compound Fractions

starts with a development of enumeration principles and consequences for whole and natural numbers.  The student of pure mathematics may recast all or most in terms of the set-theoretic development of modern mathematics (1905 onward).

The Number Theory Continued webpages

Decimal Place Value ] Place Value Reinforcement ] Comparison Method ] Addition Method ] Subtraction Methods ] Multiplication Methods ] Division Methods ] Remainder Arithmetic I ] Primes & Composites ] Primes Factorization Theorem ] Primes & Composites ] Prime Factorization Aids ] Prime Factorization Examples ] Counting  Whole No.  Factors ] Arithmetic Videos ] Square Roots  & Primes ] Long Division Continued ] Fractions & Decimals ] Fractions as Decimals ] 1 = 0.999 Recurring ] Infinite Decimals Expansion Arithmetic ] Ratio of Simple Fractions ] Ratio of Decimal Fractions ] Unsigned Reals Numbers ] Signed Coordinates ] Plane Vectors ] Horizontal Vectors ] Adding Vector Multiplies ] Adding Signed Numbers ] Multiplying Signed Numbers ] Distributive Law for Reals ] Real Numbers Axioms ] Remainder Arithmetic II ]

provide explanations for decimal place value methods for comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing whole numbers. In particular,  The first six explore decimal place value and how with the aid of the distributive law, it justifies methods for comparison, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers.  Full explanation of column methods for arithmetic are included here. 

The lesson Remainder  Arithmetic explores and justifies the decimal-based rules for recognizing multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Consideration of  arithmetic modulo these whole numbers lead to remainder arithmetic,  computing methods for the remainders when whole numbers are divided by  2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11. Divisibility rules are  included by the special cases where the remainder is zero.  Remainder calculations here for the number 7 may be unique. 

Webpages Primes & CompositesPrime FactorizationArithmetic VideosSquare Roots  develop an enriched computational view of primes and factors for use in  arithmetic with whole numbers and fractions and in further mathematics subjects at the high school and college level. 

The remaining pages offer a thought-based framework for a concrete derivation of the field properties of real numbers. Some familiarity with fractions is assumed. 

The site area Fractions,  Ratios, Rates, Proportions  & Units includes an elementary development of  the properties of unsigned fractions with an emphasis on computational efficiency without a calculator. - Signed Fractions are not considered to avoid discussion of signed numbers and their properties. 

The remaining pages provide a logical development of the properties of real numbers and real number arithmetic from enumeration principles, assumptions about vectors in the line and plane,  properties of  fractions and decimal representation of unsigned fractions and unsigned real numbers to  the field properties of real numbers. Some unique arguments appear here. This justification for the field properties of real numbers complements the assumption of those properties in the site treatment of Analytic Geometry.  

The proof here of the distributive law for real numbers is based on the notions that the real number line is a one-dimensional  vector space over the set of real number and the choice of a base vector, the unit vector,  should not affect the computations.  Indeed, the latter principle,, that is the choice of a base vector for vector addition should not affect the result of vector addition,  is a consequence of the distributive law. A similar proof is indicated for obtaining the distributive law for complex numbers.  Details may be given later.

The last page, Remainder Arithmetic for Real Numbers, extends the modular or remainder arithmetic developed for natural numbers - Explore concepts useful for the discussion of  sinusoidal functions.

The site area on Analytic Geometry assumes the properties of real numbers developed above and some elements of Euclidean Geometry (without or before coordinates) site area to develop  the properties of lines in the plane, unit-circle trig, vectors, complex numbers and functions.

  • Modern mathematics obtains real numbers abstractly via long deductive chains of reason and definitions starting with say axioms for set theory, all without any dependent on diagrams, except perhaps for illustration. In contrast, the development and application of trigonometry and calculus in the classroom requires the drawing of diagrams to make comprehension possible. So exposition of modern mathematics in the high school classroom sooner or later met the diagrams used to motivate and even develop trigonometry, if not calculus.  The number theory development in this site area employs diagrams in arguments as part of logical, but accessible diagram-dependent exposition that may be more accessible than starting without diagrams. 

 

 

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Start of Number Theory

Origins of Counting or Tallying
Adding Wholes
Multipling Wholes
Distributive Law  Preamble
Distributive Law for Wholes
Consequences
More Consequences
What is a Fraction
Compound Fractions

Number Theory
Continued


Decimal Place Value
Place Value Reinforcement
Comparison Method
Addition Method
Subtraction Methods
Multiplication Methods
Division Methods
Remainder Arithmetic I
Primes & Composites
Primes Factorization Theorem
Primes & Composites
Prime Factorization Aids
Prime Factorization Examples
Counting  Whole No.  Factors
Arithmetic Videos
Square Roots  & Primes
Long Division Continued
Fractions & Decimals
Fractions as Decimals
1 = 0.999 Recurring
Infinite Decimals Expansion Arithmetic
Ratio of Simple Fractions
Ratio of Decimal Fractions
Unsigned Reals Numbers
Signed Coordinates
Plane Vectors
Horizontal Vectors
Adding Vector Multiplies
Adding Signed Numbers
Multiplying Signed Numbers
Distributive Law for Reals
Real Numbers Axioms
Remainder Arithmetic II

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