Sums of Squares
Today we'll look at an activity that explores different aspects of expressing a positive integer as a sum of squares.
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An Alternative Ladybugs Activity
When JRMF throws a festival, some activities will invariably be more popular than others. When we introduce enough new activities, some old ones stop stacking up against the rest. While a new activity eclipsing an old one isn't a terrible problem to have, Ladybugs is currently not a fan favorite, and it is one of our more outwardly arithmetical activities. Since having a few arithmetic-forward activities in the bunch make it easier to sell our offerings as mathematical to the skeptical, we'll take a look at it as it stands and consider a reimagining.