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The Approximate History of Algebra
Description
Praxis the robot and Alan the 鈥渉uman man鈥 lead the letter X through the development of algebra from Ancient Egypt to Rene Descartes.
Classroom Ideas
Set students calculating tasks based on text. Ask them them to first represent the problem algebraically then go on to solve it. Look at some of the examples of problems tackled by Al Khowarizmi and ask students to work out how to solve them.
