Sections 1.1-1.2 Due April 28

1. The most difficult part of reading this section was following the proofs. I understand that they arrive at the correct result, but it's difficult for me to see where the ideas are coming from, and how one would know where to start and what equations/symbols/substitution etc. one needs to use in order to eventually arrive at a correct result and a complete proof. I suppose it comes with practice.
2. I actually am familiar with all of the material in these sections thanks to my Math 290 class. One of my favorite things in that class was the Euclidean Algorithm. I think it is the coolest thing because I've always had to write out the divisors of both, and find the greatest one they have in common. I wish they would teach this in high school or even jr. high because it makes finding the gcd so much simpler. It also is very similar to when we are trying to change the base of a number, which can help if we are using some other form of number system. That's something we learned in my history of math class.