Students will learn how to solve equations involving the floor and ceiling functions. Roughly, this amounts to setting up and solving a compound inequality.
Next, give your students these challenges:
- Roll over the Dice by NRICH
- Calendar Calculations by NRICH
- Networks and Nodes by NRICH
- 2017 AMC 8, Problem 12
- 2002 AMC 8, Problem 8
- Birthday Candles by Pierce School: Problem / Solution
Conclude by leading this investigation:
Recamán’s Sequence
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