An Introduction to Mathematical Structure
Here are the answers to the challenges:
2) Take the numbers 2, 4, 6, 8 and multiply them mod 10 (so
just write down the last digit).
| x |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
| 2 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
| 4 |
8 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
| 6 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
| 8 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
3) Take the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and multiply them mod 5.
| x |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| 2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
| 3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
| 4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4) Take the numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 and multiply them mod 8.
| x |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
| 1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
7 |
| 3 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
| 5 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
| 7 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
5) Rotations of a square
| |
I |
Q |
Q² |
Q³ |
| I |
I |
Q |
Q² |
Q³ |
| Q |
Q |
Q² |
Q³ |
I |
| Q² |
Q² |
Q³ |
I |
Q |
| Q³ |
Q³ |
I |
Q |
Q² |
6) Symmetries of a rectangle
| |
I |
V |
H |
R |
| I |
I |
V |
H |
R |
| V |
V |
I |
R |
H |
| H |
H |
R |
I |
V |
| R |
R |
H |
V |
I |
7) The T-shirt!
| |
Same |
BTF |
I-O |
Both |
| Same |
Same |
BTF |
I-O |
Both |
| BTF |
BTF |
Same |
Both |
I-O |
| I-O |
I-O |
Both |
Same |
BTF |
| Both |
Both |
I-O |
BTF |
Same |