Really cool! Geometry teachers, or #weeklymathematician crew, share this with your classes. livescience.com/newly-discover…

Leonhard Euler (Swiss) worked in almost all math fields, including graph theory, mechanics, & even music theory! #WeeklyMathematician

Extra: music theory- great little video- fractions within mathematical time values in rhythm: bit.ly/1mgNX0x #WeeklyMathematician

Bhaskara I (Indian) was the first to write numbers in the Arabic decimal system with a circle representing "zero." #WeeklyMathematician

Carl Friedrich Gauss developed the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and found a pattern in the occurrence of primes. #WeeklyMathematician

Extra-Interact w. Gaussian Primes: bit.ly/1PlIMrT Learn more about patterns in primes bit.ly/1YyYQwi #WeeklyMathematician

Weekly Mathematician fact for Friday, May 5th: Luca Pacioli wrote a book on arithmetic & geometry and was the first to use our standard symbols for "plus" & "minus." #WeeklyMathematician

Extra: How Pacioli used plus and minus columns for bookkeeping to show credits and debts:mathvalues.org/masterblog/201… #WeeklyMathematician

#WeeklyMathematician is almost over! Grab your free crossword on TPT before the last mathematician fact is posted May 24th. Hope you enjoyed!

Liu Hui (Chinese) calculated pi to 5 decimal places and solved linear equations using matrices. #WeeklyMathematician

Extra: Hui Liu's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem: donwagner.dk/Pythagoras/Pyt… …… and a bio: bit.ly/1RHLvNN #WeeklyMathematician

#WeeklyMathematician is almost over! Grab your free crossword on TPT before the last mathematician fact is posted May 26th. Hope you enjoyed! teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-W…

Abraham DeMoivre developed analytic geometry and was first to state the formula for the normal distribution curve. #WeeklyMathematician

Extra: basics of the normal (bell) curve: bit.ly/1JX82jD or a more in-depth look: bit.ly/1OoUFOB #WeeklyMathematician

This is the last week for #WeeklyMathematician! Thanks for joining us! Free Crossword Puzzle for Semester 2: teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Free-W…

Zeno of Elea (Greece 490-430 BC) worked on a series of paradoxes concerning infinity. #WeeklyMathematician

Extra: Read Zeno's paradox of the tortoise and Achilles (great for any grade level!) bit.ly/1IgbSQV #WeeklyMathematician

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Safari Restaurant by Math Giraffe was the perfect activity to review adding & subtracting decimals. The snacks were good, but the math conversations were even better! Oak Mountain Intermediate Shelby Co Schools AL #fabfifth #fifthgraderocks