Zhang Qiujian Suanjing (The Mathematical Classic of Zhang Qiujian) is the only known work of the fifth century Chinese mathematician, Zhang Qiujian. The work describes a method to sum a linear sequences. Almost nothing is known about the author Zhang Qiujian. It is estimated that he lived from 430 to 490 CE, but there is no consensus.
LINEAR SEQUENCES
How quickly can you add the integers 1 to 100?
Key questions
What are linear sequences?
Can we find the nth term of a linear sequence?
How can we generate a linear sequence?
What is a linear function?
Can we problem solve with linear sequences?
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The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Introducing...
sequences search - 1,3
sequences booklet - 1,2,3
the phantom tollbooth - narrative
Zhang Qiujian - narrative
Developing...
sequences completion table - 2,3,4
sequences - 2,3
sequences dominoes - 2,3
stick patterns and equations - 2,4,5
in two series venn - 3,5
diffy - 5
arithmetical sequences - 4,5
nth term tarsia - 2,3