Math Teachers at Play #65 via Mathematics and Multimedia

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The new Math Teachers at Play blog carnival is up for your browsing pleasure. Featured articles include activities and enrichment from preschool through high school:

• Math Teachers at Play 65: Teach, Learn and Enjoy

Welcome to the 65th edition of Math Teachers at Play. First let us have some trivia about 65.

• First, 65 is the smallest integer that can be expressed as the sum of two distinct positive squares in two ways:
  65 = 8² + 1²
  = 7² + 4².
• Second, 65 is the length of the hypotenuse of 4 different Pythagorean Triangles:
  65² = 16² + 63²
  = 33² + 56²
  = 39² + 52²
  = 25² + 60².
• Third, 65 = 1⁵ + 2⁴ + 3³ + 4² + 5¹.
• Lastly, 65 is the traditional age for retirement in the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries including my beloved Philippines.

And now, let the math carnival begin! …

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