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53	Explaining why (or whether) zero and one are prime, composite or neither to younger children
20	Is this primarily a “rote computational trick” for multiplication by 9?
17	How much symbolic calculations before plugging in actual values?
15	How important is knowledge of trig identities for use in Calculus
11	Should figures be presented to scale?

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+50	Why do we teach the Rational Root Theorem? (high school algebra 2)
+110	Should figures be presented to scale?
-2	What is the name of this teaching style?
+15	Is $\overline{AB} \cong \overline{BA}$ usually taught as an instance of the symmetric property of congruence?

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28	How to give my students a straightedge instead of a ruler
14	How should I introduce the Chain Rule
10	Co-curricular lessons between geometry and chemistry?
8	An alternative to “two column” geometry proofs
6	Is there online geometric construction software that models physical constructions?

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80 secondary-education × 17	35 geometry × 11
79 primary-education × 5	26 calculus × 6
65 middle-school × 3	22 trigonometry × 2
57 definitions × 2	20 multiplication-table × 2
53 prime-numbers	20 arithmetic

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5	Teaching congruent triangles non-rigorously
5	Should the construction of triangles be taught?

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