{"id":28591,"date":"2015-10-14T23:09:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T03:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28591"},"modified":"2015-10-14T23:13:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T03:13:27","slug":"my-prime-factorization-hairnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=28591","title":{"rendered":"My Prime Factorization Hairnet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our church is having a Stop Hunger Now Food Packaging Event<\/a> next Sunday, October 18, 2015. As a form of publicity for the event, they’ve asked us to decorate a hairnet and take a selfie.<\/p>\n

That was the moment I realized: I have a Prime Factorization Sweater<\/a>, a Prime Factorization Cardigan<\/a>, a Prime Factorization Scarf<\/a>, a Prime Factorization T-Shirt<\/a>, and have made Prime Factorization Blankets<\/a>. But I didn’t have a Prime Factorization Hairnet!<\/p>\n

Well, I soon remedied that!<\/p>\n

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Okay, it’s not knitting. But I printed a chart I’d made of numbers color-coded with their prime factorization for the Prime Factorization T-shirt. Then I simply cut out the individual squares and glued them to the hairnet in a spiral pattern. So it goes from 1 to 100.<\/p>\n

How it works? Each prime number gets a new color. Composite numbers are divided into sections with a section for each factor. Each section is colored according to that prime’s color. For example, 42 = 2 x 3 x 7, so the square for 42 is divided into three sections, colored blue for 2, red for 3, and green for 7.<\/p>\n

This selfie not only shows the Prime Factorization Hairnet, it also gives a glimpse of infinity!<\/p>\n

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Oh, and I’m gathering all my Mathematical Knitting (and other mathematical creations) at Sonderknitting<\/a>. Eventually, I’ll add mathematical explanations and patterns and activities and other good things.<\/p>\n

I can safely say that mine is the most educational hairnet selfie posted yet!<\/p>\n

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