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What should we add? How about making dots of different colors, and providing notes about how many of each, plus the running total? Easy-peasy. We just need to do the arithmetic to work out where to put everything.
What should we add? How about making dots of different colors, and providing notes about how many of each, plus the running total? Easy-peasy. We just need to do the arithmetic to work out where to put everything.
[[File:TATriangularNumbers.png]]
[[File:TATriangular_Numbers.png]]
[[File:TATriangularNumbersProgram.png]]
The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Triangular_Numbers_Program|program to generate the triangular numbers]] takes up a lot of space, so I am putting it on another page.
A problem that TA can't solve for us directly is the formula for triangular numbers. Gauss figured it out on his own as a child, but the rest of us need a hint, at least. Here is a big hint.
A problem that TA can't solve for us directly is the formula for triangular numbers. Gauss figured it out on his own as a child, but the rest of us need a hint, at least. Here is a big hint.