Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is more about student prediction and reasoning than actual formal math. In the lesson, students are to propose the shape that would be formed by a point on a bicycle tire, while the bicycle is in motion. The second part of the lesson features students graphing parametric equations in their calculators to reveal the cycloid.

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cycloid, numb3rs, numb3rs: cycloid, ti, texas instruments, bicycle

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)