myrmepropagandist on Nostr: npub1daact…dvq7s Ah Stern-Brocot Tree. I *have* seen that before. I do an activity ...
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Ah Stern-Brocot Tree. I *have* seen that before. I do an activity with the 5th graders with a square of paper. We cut it in half, then cut one of the halves in half and so on writing the fractional value on each one. I challenge them to see how tiny they can go.
We puzzle them together showing the infinite sum is 1. I hope when they are older this will make infinite sums with finite value less mysterious.
That the denominators are the binary place values is a lovely bonus.
Ah Stern-Brocot Tree. I *have* seen that before. I do an activity with the 5th graders with a square of paper. We cut it in half, then cut one of the halves in half and so on writing the fractional value on each one. I challenge them to see how tiny they can go.
We puzzle them together showing the infinite sum is 1. I hope when they are older this will make infinite sums with finite value less mysterious.
That the denominators are the binary place values is a lovely bonus.