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Drama in the Rationals

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 15 Issue 3, February 1976

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Drama in the Rationals

H. L.  Larson

T had just concluded a lesson on factoring and polynomials, in which he occasionally made use of some rational numbers, when S1 enquired: “Mr. T, would you please explain exactly what you mean when you use the term ‘negative three quarters’?”