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A lesson on the rules Diophantus came up with to create Pythagorean Triples. The main challenge is for higher ability pupils to prove why his method works using algebra. Weaker higher level pupils should still be able to do the numerical version though, and possibly start on the algebraic one... If you like this resource then please check out my other stuff on here!
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bennyshah

9 years ago
4

Thanks! I like the methodical approach to generating the numbers.

dominicpenney

11 years ago
3

A fun investigation for if you have time at the end of covering Pythagoras. Thanks for sharing!

Ally1Cat2

12 years ago
5

Such fun! Thank you.

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