One of the best ways to motivate little kids to learn math (n = 2 admittedly) is to present it as secrets for cheating.
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There's a great video of a math teacher blowing his students minds with "fill in the square" – you'd love it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McDdEw_Fb5E …
Thank you so much! You just gave me the best present one can give: something I can teach my kids.
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Glad to be of service! :-)
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Hell yeah, he's a local Aussie. I'm going to try interview him for my podcast.
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Actually, the best way of looking at this material is also the most ancient. The Babylonian approach (c. 1600 BC) was never improved on.
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The Babylonians asked how to find two numbers if you know their sum and their product. Their product they saw as the area of a rectangle.
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