Sunday, November 21, 2010

Higher Powers of X

Math is just counting. Here we count a bigger rectangle than just "x squared".

60 seconds ought to give you an inkling of how cool this is...note I say "x-squared" but I meant "x-cubed" or "x to the third."

The students are 4 and 5 years old.

Here we factor x3 + 6x2 + 12x + 16!



Here is a longer explanation/demonstration:



At the end they look like geniuses


Here we play with

x3 + 7x2 + 14x + 8



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