This method for counting lattice octagons strengthens students' counting skills and geometrical thinking.

Contributor Notes

Harold Reiter, hbreiter@uncc.edu, teaches mathematics at the University of North Carolina Charlotte.

Arthur Holshouser, who lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, likes solving mathematics problems for ten hours per day.

Patrick Vennebush, pvennebush@nctm.org, is the online projects manager at NCTM in Reston, Virginia.

(Corresponding author is Reiter hbreiter@uncc.edu)
(Corresponding author is Vennebush pvennebush@nctm.org)
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The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc. All rights reserved. 2012
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Research Article
Print Publication Date:
01 Apr 2012
Online Publication Date:
Apr 2012
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