ACTION Take out a 1, 2 and 3 ball. Now start to juggle as you say:

I juggle these three Magic Billiard Balls while you get your calculator or a pencil.

I have a one ball, a two ball and a three ball.

So what is the greatest number you can make using each ball once?

FIRST TRANSPARENCY • Greater Than Your Answer

ACTION Hold the 3 and 1 ball out and say:

31 is a large number.

Two times 31 is larger than 31.

You may position the numbers next to each other in any position you wish or use any one arithmetic operation with or between numbers.

ANSWER TRANSPARENCY 1. • Which Is A Greater Answer

The answer may be a surprise! Instructions: Take out a 1, 3 and 7 ball.

Now start to juggle.

Before proceeding to the other numbers course, may I see a show of hands if you brought your calculator today?

Well how many of you have a pen or pencil?

Good, you may review long division!!!

Just what you wanted to do today.

Special Numbers, JUG: 005, is an applied juggling course.

NATURALLY, I like the number 2 7 1 8 2 7 1 8 which is not far away from “e's first eight digits.”

It's an eight digit number made from two identical blocks of four digits.

Now in the Special Numbers course we consider the unusual number properties of a set of “Magic Billiard Balls.”

They help us reduce eight digit juxtaposition numbers formed from identical blocks of four digits.

What four non-zero digits will you use?

{walk up to one person}

Please, everyone, select your own four digits. Write them down on page one in your workbook on the first four lines under JUG:005.

Now copy your four digits next to the original four so you have an eight digit number on the eight blank lines in your workbook.

Instruction: Drop a ONE ball and ask them -

PLEASE DIVIDE YOUR EIGHT DIGIT NUMBER BY 73 .

DOES ANYONE HAVE A REMAINDER?

HOW COULD THAT BE?!?

What combination of the three balls in my hand, 7 1 3, would expose this magic??? 137

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Please stand up and toss your paper ball from one hand to the other.

Back and forth. Attempt to toss 16 inches high by 16 inches wide.

ACTION Pantomime the action in the big graph.

That's above waist height to head high.

Say the word TOSS when you toss the ball.

Catch on the outside and toss from the inside so you peak off the opposite ear.

ACTION Turn up the circus music for a minute and say:

Put your hands out in front of you a little more than usual to see all the action.

Keep your eyes on the ball as it reaches the peak, excuse me, the vertex, in the toss.

Watch the parabolic path of the ball.

Of course you have a test now and even better - a parade!

Please follow ________ marching around this room and toss as you march. ...

PAUSE Move around the Parade holding the 16" pattern up for a test!

ACTION After 3 to 4 min. - turn down the circus music while giving a few short blasts from the whistle and say:

Ok, RECESS is OVER

Please be seated but save this ball for later.

ACTION Take out the balls and juggle. ...such as those being demonstrated now. Have volunteers use different patterns.

SECOND TRANSPARENCY • Some Juggling Pattern Names

Basic Numbers continues with some patterns such as a two ball fountain,

then a three ball shower,

! A DROP !

on into a figure eight cascade, reverse cascade, then columns

and a synchronized four ball fountain

or an alternating four ball fountain (asynchronized)

bounce patterns . . . then

ACTION Juggling patterns for an even number of balls are quite different from the juggling patterns for an odd number of balls.

Passing patterns between jugglers extends my Basic Numbers course past school.

Sir, you did well with your first ball pass, would you mind helping with . . .

Well maybe that puts the AU in AUDIENCE - THANK YOU!

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