I first encountered Pascal’s triangle on a worksheet my older brother brought home from school when I was in eighth grade. At the time, I was taking geometry (with a teacher who had a cool pair of ...

It turns out that a very familiar mathematical object, Pascal's triangle, can help us answer this question. [MUSIC PLAYING] 10 00:00:28,130 --> 00:00:31,560 Pascal's triangle forms a sort of ...

Rows zero through five of Pascal’s triangle. The pattern continues on into infinity. Two of the sides are filled with 1's and all the other numbers are generated by adding the two numbers above.

Which meant that soon after publishing his 1653 book on the subject, “Pascal’s triangle” was born! > Continue reading on QuickAndDirtyTips.com. About Math Dude Jason Marshall.