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CBM Activities

Computer based activities

CBM Activities

Computer based mathematics activities for teachers, developed by the Wolfram team.

Activities at computerbasedmaths.org

Computer based mathematics activities for teachers, developed by the Wolfram team. Students will be engaged with the real world, a key part of which is using computers for doing most of the calculations.

Questions

Sample questions to work through with your students

  • How long should my password be?
  • Where is the reflection?
  • Are the digits of π truly random?

Teaching kids real maths with computers

Conrad Wolfram's presents "Teaching Kids Real Maths with Computers". Conrad Wolfram says that part of maths we teach – calculation by hand – is mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He argues for teaching kids maths through computer programming.

First Computer Based Maths country

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