Here is a classroom activity to help you enjoy Thirdsday! Thirdsday celebrates the number 1/3 and occurs when January 3rd (or 1/3 when written as a US date) falls on a Thursday, as it does in 2019. The activity for your students is about an intriguing sum that gives us 1/3.
Equipment needed
The worksheet, teachers notes, use of a spreadsheet or a calculator
Curriculum Topics Covered
Fractions, using spreadsheets, geometric series
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This activity accompanies Matt Parker’s video (below) about Thirdsday. Now you can celebrate Thirdsday as a whole class!
Thirdsday was invented by mathematician Jim Propp (@JimPropp on Twitter). He tells us more about the special mathematical day in his blog post!