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Is This Claim Always True?

I have a claim.  It may be true.  It may not be true.

 

My question:  Is my claim always true?

 

Watch the video and think about it carefully.  Along the way, remember the power of the pause button, one of the most powerful buttons in education because it provides us with space to process, think, explore, and reflect.  Click pause, think deeply, and decide if my claim is always true.

 

Along the way, feel free to send pictures of your work, your thinking, your productive struggle, and any claims you might discover along the way.  If you would like to download the Interactive Multiplication Table to help you explore, you’ll find it here.

 

 

 

 

You may also enjoy The Parking Meter Question, 8 Animated Dots and 1 Powerful Question, or Math Imposter Sets.

 

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Steve Wyborney
Steve Wyborney is an award-winning teacher and instructional coach from Oregon. He is well known for his use of instructional technology and his work with mathematics and his passionate belief in the exceptional potential of every student.

5 responses to “Is This Claim Always True?”

  1. Timothy Gill Avatar
    Timothy Gill

    Awesome! Would be fun to ask students a follow up where the initial condition changes to “A number and more than that number” and “another number and one less than that number”.

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  2. Paul Hartzer Avatar
    Paul Hartzer

    I don’t believe you need the constraint that you can’t start with 0. If you do have a 0 in either pair, you wind up with a trivial case, but it’s still true. Even if you have a 0 in both pairs, you get the most trivial case that the positive-slope diagonal has a sum of 0 and the negative-slope diagonal has a sum of 1.

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    1. stevewyborney@gmail.com Avatar
      stevewyborney@gmail.com

      I agree. That is a very good point. I thought it was necessary initially, but not I see that there is no reason for that constraint. Nice catch!

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  3. John Golden Avatar
    John Golden

    And what happens if you multiply those diagonals?

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    1. stevewyborney@gmail.com Avatar
      stevewyborney@gmail.com

      That is an excellent question!!!

      Reply

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