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2014-2015 Graduate Bulletin 
    
2014-2015 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MATH 5040 - Number Theory for Elementary and Middle School Teachers

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Students will examine issues of mathematical content and pedagogy in teaching number theory in grades K-8. Topics included, but not limited to, the following: different bases, divisibility, primes, factoring, the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, modulo arithmetic, Diophantine equations, logic, graph theory, and combinatorics. The course is designed for licensed elementary or middle school teachers.