Friday, April 27, 2012: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
113 A (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Cheng-Yao Lin
Co-speakers:
Hsing-Wen Hu
and
Rong-Ji Chen
This session will present how the Babylonians, ancient Chinese, and Egyptians used fractions. The speakers will discuss how these cultures wrote fractions, which operations they could be carry out with fractions, and how did they expanded the use of fractions.
Presentation Format: 6-8 Session
Grade Band Audience: 6 to 8, 3 to 5