youcubed: Oh Hail the Elephant (6-8)

This lesson focuses on one of the world’s unsolved problems in mathematics, which we have found students get very excited about.

It involves Hailstone sequences and invites students to make their own conjectures and learn something about the history of mathematics.


Math Topics
Patterning & Sequencing
Middle School, Educator
6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
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