Vi Hart Pythagoras Paper Folding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6lL83wl31E
https://vimeo.com/147901996 (Alternate link)
Publisher, Vi Hart, Video, YouTube
Vi Hart paper folding demonstration of Pythagoras’s Theorem. She talks v fast so the reasoning may not be clear – key idea is each time we remove 4 congruent right triangles.
9 July 2011 Edit: 9 November 2017
User submitted, thanks to Nordin Zuber
- Topics:
- Measurement, Pythagoras
- NSW Mathematics K-10 Syllabus
- Measurement and Geometry, MA4-16MG Right-Angled Triangles (Pythagoras)
- NSW Curriculum New
- Measurement and space, Pythagoras and trigonometry, MA4-PYT-C-01 Right-angled triangles (Pythagoras’ theorem)
- NSW Mathematics Standard Stage 6 Syllabus
- Measurement, MS-M3 Right-angled Triangles
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