Solving the sailors and the coconuts problem via diagrammatic approach

• Yiu-Kwong Man ^[1]
  1. [1] Department of Mathematics and Information Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Localización: Teaching mathematics and its applications, ISSN 0268-3679, Vol. 29, Nº. 1, 2010, págs. 48-52
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • In this article, we discuss how to use a diagrammatic approach to solve the classic sailors and the coconuts problem. It provides us an insight on how to tackle this type of problems in a novel and intuitive way. This problem-solving approach will be found useful to mathematics teachers or lecturers involved in teaching elementary number theory, recreational mathematics or mathematics problem solving.