Delta-K,  Teaching Ideas,  Volume 26, Issue 2

Hexagonal Combinations on Familiar Operation Tables

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 26 Issue 2, June 1987

22 – 31

Hexagonal Combinations on Familiar Operation Tables

Bonnie H. Litwiller and David R. Duncan

Number patterns often occur in geometric settings where they are not expected. In this article, we will present polygonal combination activities on the extended addition, subtraction, and multiplication tables. These activities result in interesting number patterns.