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− | Click [[Cedars Math|here to go back]] to the Cedars Math front page. | + | Click [[Cedars Math|here to go back]] to the Cedars Math front page. You will find the directory with all these handouts and more at [https://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School https://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School]. |
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+ | ==General Skills== | ||
+ | ===Python Coding=== | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04.03_Python_commands.pdf Handout: "Python Commands"]--learning basic commands. | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/01_Python_basics.pdf Handout: "Python Basics"], an easy problem set. | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04.02_Fibonacci_homework.pdf "Fibonacci Homework Answers"]. | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04.02_Fibonacci_Sequence.pdf Handout: "Fibonacci Coding"], with diagram plotting | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.01b_Anaconda_Python_handout.pdf Handout: "Notes on Installing Anaconda Python"] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.01b_Anaconda_Python_handout.pdf Handout: "Notes on Installing Anaconda Python"] | ||
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* The [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/Polya_python_Connell.pdf Python code] by Professor Connell to test the Polya Conjecture. | * The [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/Polya_python_Connell.pdf Python code] by Professor Connell to test the Polya Conjecture. | ||
− | ==Using LaTeX to Write Equations and Symbols== | + | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/06.03b_Handout_amicus_rasmusen.pdf Handout: Email Filtering Python code with If-Else statements ] |
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/09.08a_SagarainGuestWed.txt Python and Fortran code for estimating square roots] | ||
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+ | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
+ | *"When Everyone Is Somebody Then No One's Anybody" [https://gsarchive.net/gondoliers/web_opera/gond16.html lyrics ] and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie4OwwmFj8o performance video] | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/02_08b_Writing_letters_and_Emails.pdf Handout] on writing emails | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/06_03b_syllogism.pdf Handout: Syllogisms ] | ||
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+ | *CLT tests: [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/CLT2018FallCLT8.pdf Fall 2018 questions] and [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/CLTFall2018_CLT_answers.pdf Fall 2018 answers] and [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/CLT2021SpringCLT8.pdf Spring 2021 questions.] | ||
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+ | *[https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1578777239641944066 Psychology tweet: the mind filling in color gaps] (2022). | ||
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+ | ==Mathematics== | ||
+ | ===Miscellaneous=== | ||
+ | *[https://clevelanddesign.com/insights/the-nature-of-design-the-fibonacci-sequence-and-the-golden-ratio/ Cleveland Design on the Fibonacci Sequence] | ||
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+ | ===Using LaTeX to Write Equations and Symbols=== | ||
+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.01b_Python_LaTeX_handout.pdf "Notes on LaTeX"] | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.03_Latex_rotating_symbols.pdf Handout: Rotating Symbols in Latex, and How to Find A Computer Command You Don't Know]. | ||
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+ | ===Proofs=== | ||
+ | *The "All Odd Numbers Are Prime" [https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Jokes#All_Odd_Numbers_Are_Prime joke] and the [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/Odd_number_script--14Students.pdf joke script] and the [http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/Polya_python_Connell.pdf Python code] by Professor Connell to test the Polya Conjecture. | ||
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+ | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091120173924/http://memtropy.com/proofs-without-words/ Proofs without Words] of three infinite sums. | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/9.08a_sq2irratioanl.pdf Euclid's Proof That the Square Root of Two Is Irrational] | ||
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+ | ==Chapter 1: Integers== | ||
+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/Sparking_Joy_in_16x15.png Sparking Joy in Multiplication] | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.01a_How_to_Multiply_5_by_15_handout.pdf "How to Solve It: Ways to Compute 5x15"] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.01a_How_to_Multiply_5_by_15_handout.pdf "How to Solve It: Ways to Compute 5x15"] | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/02_08b_Prime_Proof_handout.pdf Handout on Euclid's proof.] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/02_08b_Prime_Proof_handout.pdf Handout on Euclid's proof.] | ||
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+ | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/02.08d_2_exponent.pdf] Defining New Kinds of Exponents] | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.03_Adding_fractions.pdf "Handout: Adding Fractions"]. | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/03.03_Adding_fractions.pdf "Handout: Adding Fractions"]. | ||
− | *[ | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_nines_in_pi The Feynman Point], Wikipedia article on 999999 in pi. |
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+ | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_coincidence "Mathematical Coincidence,"] Wikipedia article. | ||
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− | ==Chapters 4, 5, and 6== | + | ==Chapters 4, 5, and 6: Rates, Proportions, and Percentages== |
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− | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04_02_Puzzle_Decimalization_Shillings Handout: Puzzle Decimalization Shillings] | + | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04_02_Puzzle_Decimalization_Shillings.pdf Handout: Puzzle Decimalization Shillings] |
*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04_03_order_symbols.pdf Handout: Order Notation and Intervals] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/04_03_order_symbols.pdf Handout: Order Notation and Intervals] | ||
− | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/05_03_Cats_and_Rats_Handout Handout: Cats and Rats Puzzle | + | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/05_03_Cats_and_Rats_Handout.pdf Handout: Cats and Rats Puzzle] |
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− | *[ | + | *[https://ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/why-09999-equals-10000 "Why 0.999 . . . Equals 1.000 . . .,"] Eric Rasmusen, Ras-Stack Substack (November 28, 2022). |
− | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/ | + | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/06_4_handout-deathrates.pdf Handout: Death Rates ] |
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/07_Units_to_memorize.pdf Units to Memorize] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/07_Units_to_memorize.pdf Units to Memorize] | ||
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==Chapter 8, Geometry== | ==Chapter 8, Geometry== | ||
+ | *[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22062/22062-h/22062-h.htm Prefaces to Euclid's Elements] in the first English translation (1570). | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/08.02_Vertical_angles_theorem.docx The Vertical Angle Theorem] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/08.02_Vertical_angles_theorem.docx The Vertical Angle Theorem] | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/09_sagarin.png The Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/09_sagarin.png The Pythagorean Theorem of Baseball] | ||
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*[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/I_will_stay_on_Task.jfif "I will stay on task" monster] | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/I_will_stay_on_Task.jfif "I will stay on task" monster] | ||
==9x--Plotting Graphs== | ==9x--Plotting Graphs== | ||
− | * | + | *[http://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/02_04b_hw_Plotting_Functions.pdf HW 2.4b supplement: Plotting Functions with Python] |
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==9xx-Appendix--Logic== | ==9xx-Appendix--Logic== | ||
==Chapter 10--Statistics== | ==Chapter 10--Statistics== | ||
+ | *[https://rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/dieroll_histograms.txt Python homework on rolling dice and plotting histograms of the results] | ||
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+ | *[https://rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School/python_median_mean_histogram.txt Python homework on median, mode, mean, histograms] |
Latest revision as of 14:33, 17 August 2024
Click here to go back to the Cedars Math front page. You will find the directory with all these handouts and more at https://www.rasmusen.org/special/Cedars_School.
Contents
General Skills
Python Coding
- Handout: "Python Commands"--learning basic commands.
- Handout: "Python Basics", an easy problem set.
- Handout: "Fibonacci Coding", with diagram plotting
- I've written up a handout of some Python code for testing divisibility by 2,3,5, and 7.
- The Python code by Professor Connell to test the Polya Conjecture.
Miscellaneous
- "When Everyone Is Somebody Then No One's Anybody" lyrics and performance video
- Handout on writing emails
- CLT tests: Fall 2018 questions and Fall 2018 answers and Spring 2021 questions.
Mathematics
Miscellaneous
Using LaTeX to Write Equations and Symbols
Proofs
- The "All Odd Numbers Are Prime" joke and the joke script and the Python code by Professor Connell to test the Polya Conjecture.
- Proofs without Words of three infinite sums.
Chapter 1: Integers
- The "All Odd Numbers Are Prime" joke and the joke script and the Python code by Professor Connell to test the Polya Conjecture.
- [1] Defining New Kinds of Exponents]
Chapters 2 and 3: Fractions
- The Feynman Point, Wikipedia article on 999999 in pi.
- "Mathematical Coincidence," Wikipedia article.
Chapters 4, 5, and 6: Rates, Proportions, and Percentages
- "Why 0.999 . . . Equals 1.000 . . .," Eric Rasmusen, Ras-Stack Substack (November 28, 2022).
Chapter 8, Geometry
- Prefaces to Euclid's Elements in the first English translation (1570).
- Shooting the Bird from the Mahabharata.
Chapter 9, Algebra