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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Personal Number

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find your personal number using your birthday. It is the month + date + year and month X date X year.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Tower of Hanoi

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this applet to solve the Towers of Hanoi puzzle.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Tournaments

For Students 9th - 10th
Math activity challenges you to find out how many more games need to be played in the modern 1999 NCAA tournament during March Madness than in 1985?
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Volume of a Triangular Tank

For Students 9th - 10th
This question and answer site solves a volume problem for a triangular tank.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Is a Sphere 2 D or 3 D?

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you think you know weather a sphere is two dimensional or three dimensional? Read this question posed to Doctor Math, very interesting.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Sphere Eversion

For Students 9th - 10th
This question and answer site provides links to sites that show how to mathematically turn a sphere inside out.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Angles of an Octahedron

For Students 9th - 10th
This question and answer site from The Math Forum with Dr. Math discusses the angle between two adjacent faces of an octahedron. Links are also provided for additional information on related subjects.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Drexel Math Forum: Distance to an Object

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math offers a way to calculate the altitude of a triangle using only the lengths of the sides of the triangle. He briefly explains how this was used by the Egyptians long ago.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math Faq, Prism Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines what a prism is and gives formulas for surface area and volume. Contains related links.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cross Product

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a brief explanation of cross products.