Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 47 Issue 1, December 2009
16 – 20
What I Learned from My Student’s Thinking
Elaine Simmt
Imagine that this rectangular object is made of toothpicks. How many toothpicks are there in this rectangle? How many toothpicks are needed for any m x n rectangle? Test your generalization by considering a 10 x I 5 rectangle.
