Timeline for "Mathematics talk" for five year olds
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| Oct 6, 2017 at 22:09 | comment | added | Tom Goodwillie | A triangle is only called a trigon in the word "trigonometry". And a tetragon is never called that, nor is it called a quadrangle if it's a geometric rather than a geographical feature: it's a quadrilateral. Go figure. | |
| Oct 6, 2017 at 2:36 | comment | added | Zach Teitler | The shape with three sides is called a triangle, while the shape with eight corners is called an octagon. What is the English language coming to?! :-) | |
| Oct 1, 2012 at 22:51 | comment | added | Todd Trimble | We all do. (Well, maybe some ultrafinitists don't.) | |
| Oct 1, 2012 at 19:16 | history | answered | Tom Goodwillie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |