I remember doing all sorts of crafts with glue & paper learning fractions but never did we try dividing the paper to infinity— I think this should be something everyone tries. I’d do this with calculus students learning series! The idea of an infinite sum having finite value is just more— believable after you really do it. And I’m trying to get these 6th graders to like fractions. So they just can’t be BORING— #mathEducation#mathematics#series#geometricSeries#binaryNumbers#artsAndCrafts
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I did this when I was 7. I started with a desk-sized piece of drawing paper, and it got me in trouble because it came from my mother's desk-size artist's sketch pad, and according to her, I didn't ask. (According to my memory, I did ask.)
@futurebird Zeno’s paradox in action. How can infinity fit with a finite space?! I loved this stuff as a kid b/c it’s kinda mindblowing but also very accessible
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