Supreme Court Handshake
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- Jul 31 2010 1:17 PM
Rita Nutsch
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In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from Illuminations, students explore the handshake problem, a classic problem in mathematics that asks, "How many handshakes occur when n people shake hands with each other?" Groups work to determine how many handshakes take place among the nine Supreme Court justices, and then generalize the problem to determine the number of handshakes in any size group. Students explore the problem using a verbal description, a table, a graph, a picture and an algebraic formula.
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Grade: 6 to 8
Topics: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions