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Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Do you enjoy going out with friends, having lunch, or watching movies? Usually you will spend money on these occasions. Sometimes you treat your friends, other times they pay for you. That is great. But you have to mind your money. Keeping track of your money is an…

[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Do you like taking school field trips? It would be fun, especially when you get to hang out with your friends. You could eat lunch together, go sightseeing with a group, and spend the day relaxing. Let’s say your mom is a chaperone, and can take 3…

[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Here are more magic tables filled with fun patterns to share with your friends or write down in your notebooks yourself.    1· 1 = 1  11· 11 = 121  111· 111 = 12321   1111· 1111 = 1234321  11111· 11111 = 123454321  111111· 111111 = 12345654321…

[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Do you like making necklaces? It is a very interesting craft, and making necklaces with beads is easy. You can give these necklaces to friends as gifts or wear them yourself. It would be nice to make many different colored necklaces out of your collection of beads.…

Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Do you like kittens? Bunnies? Guinea pigs? Puppies? They are cute and adorable. Wouldn’t it be fun to have lots of them, with many of them reproducing more each month? That would be very exciting. So, let’s start counting how many pairs of bunnies we will have after…

[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan You probably have many friends. You may be very close to some, while not as close to others. You may even have some enemies. Lets say Ashley is your friend, and Brenda is also friends with Ashley. Brenda is a friend of your friend, so you would…

[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan If you think chemistry is fun, doing chemical experiments may help you learn both molecular formulas and mathematical concepts. It is easy to understand those formulas. Each molecule of sulfuric acid $H_2SO_4$, for example has two hydrogen (H)atoms, one sulfur (S) atom, and four oxygen (O) atoms. But…

[latexpage] Fun Math for Girls By Kelly Tan Did you know multiplication of integers can have many exquisite patterns to admire and show to others? First, look at this magic table with multiplication of integers such as 1, 12, 123, 1234, . . .        1 · 9 + 2 = 11       12 · 9 +…