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Your Number Was...

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Think of a number and follow my instructions. Tell me your answer, and I'll tell you what you started with! Can you explain how I know?

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Your Number Is...

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Think of a number... follow the machine's instructions. I know what your number is! Can you explain how I know?

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Perimeter Expressions

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Create some shapes by combining two or more rectangles. What can you say about the areas and perimeters of the shapes you can make?

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Crossed Ends

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Crosses can be drawn on number grids of various sizes. What do you notice when you add opposite ends?

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Special Numbers

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My two digit number is special because adding the sum of its digits to the product of its digits gives me my original number. What could my number be?

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Geomlab

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A geometry lab crafted in a functional programming language. Ported to Flash from the original java at web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/geomlab

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First Forward Into Logo 8: More about Variables

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Write a Logo program, putting in variables, and see the effect when you change the variables.

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First Forward Into Logo 6: Variables and Procedures

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Learn to write procedures and build them into Logo programs. Learn to use variables.


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