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The 12 Days of Mathematics for Christmas: Day 7

November 25, 2024 by Tammy Jones

Welcome to Day 7 of the Twelve Days of Mathematics for Christmas: 

These activities were inspired by one of my grandsons’ favorite Christmas songs: the Twelve Days of Christmas. There are activities for K-3. Intermediate – MS (grade 4 – grade 7), and Secondary (Grade 8 –Grade 12) and correlated to the number of the day.  Check below for the links to the FREE resources for both TES US and TES UK.

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The Twelve Days of Mathematics

Day 7: Seven Swans a-Swimming

On the seventh day of Christmas my true love gave to me seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, five golden rings, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves and a partridge in a pear tree.
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Day 7 is all about patterns! Younger mathematicians will explore patterns via calendar

math – including a few riddles. Older mathematicians will look at some interesting patterns that happen when dividing by 7 framed in the 7th fractions between 0 and 1. Secondary mathematicians will have the opportunity to work with one of the more famous historical problems – The Seven Bridges of Königsberg.

The MacTutor has a biography on Leonhard Euler as well as an article on topology and pictures that can be used of the bridges and town:

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http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Euler.html   http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Topology_in_mathematics.html

pictures: http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Extras/Konigsberg.html

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The Math Forum also has an interesting piece on the 7 Bridges problem:

http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/bridges1.html

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NCTM Illuminations has an introductory lesson on graph theory and Euler circuits: Embroidered Math: https://illuminations.nctm.org/Lesson.aspx?id=2995

Enjoy the seventh day of Mathematics and check back tomorrow for Day 8!

Links for TES US:

The 12 Days of Christmas K – 3 Day 7: https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/twelve-days-of-mathematics-for-christmas-day-7-grades-k3-11179519

The 12 Days of Christmas Intermediate – MS Day 7: https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/twelve-days-of-mathematics-for-christmas-day-7-intermediate-ms-11179518

The 12 Days of Christmas Secondary Day 7: https://www.tes.com/us/teacher-lessons/twelve-days-of-mathematics-for-christmas-day-7-secondary-11179517

Links for TES UK:

The 12 Days of Christmas K – 3 Day 7: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelve-days-of-mathematics-for-christmas-day-7-grades-k3-11179530

The 12 Days of Christmas Intermediate – MS Day 7: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelve-days-of-mathematics-for-christmas-day-7-intermediate-ms-11179533

The 12 Days of Christmas Secondary Day 7: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/twelve-days-of-mathematics-for-christmas-day-7-secondary-11179540

 

 

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