Largest number between o and 1 million which does not contain the ‘n’ is 88
Rotation SAT Problem: Answer: 4 (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUHkTs-Ipfg)
Which number has its letters in alphabetical order? Answer: F O R T Y
Hidden Rabbit? Clue: check the trees
How long for the stadium to fill? 45 minutes.
Where are you? the North Pole
Prize Object Puzzle: If Sue does not know where the prize is in the first question, it can’t be under the square. She must have been told it is under another shape. Apply this same logic to Colin. It is then obvious that the prize cannot be under a yellow object. That helps Sue eliminate her yellow shapes. Got the idea?
Algebra Puzzle: Answer = 1
Popular Math Problems Answers: 1, 1
Number of tabs? According to Lifehacker, the ideal number of tabs you should have open is nine. Yes, a single digit. To some, this is like playing a piano and only using a fraction of the notes!
Worst Graph? Where to start. What a visual mess and even some of the lines merge and are impossible to follow. A graph is a visual display of data, with the goal to identify trends or patterns. This is a spider’s web of information which fails to show a clear pattern at all. Solution? Well, different colors would help, or why not group in two or three graphs where trends are similar?
Number of different nets to make a cube is eleven – see this link
Homework Puzzle; The total value of the counters is 486, so halve this to get 243. Now, arrange the counters to equal this amount twice.
The graph on the left (Coronavirus) is for a time period of 30 days, while the one on the right (SARS) is for 8 months! Very poor graphical comparison and hardly relevant, unless it is attempting to downplay the seriousness of the coronavirus?
10 x 9 x 8 + (7 + 6) x 5 x 4 x (3 + 2) x 1 = 2020
NCEA Level 2 Algebra Problem. Using the information given, the shaded area = 9, that is:
y(y-8) = 9 –> y.y – 8y – 9 =0
–> (y-9)(y+1) = 0, therefore y = 9 (can’t have a distance of – 1 for the other solution for y)
Using the top and bottom of the rectangle,
x = (y-8)(y+2) = (9-8)(9+2) = 11
but, the left side = (x-4) = 11-4 = 7, but rhs = y+? = 9+?, which is greater than the value of the opp. side??
[I think that the left had side was a mistake and should have read (x+4)?]
Which reminds me that I must share some info about our youngest daughter and her career progress with (and without) Mathematics.
I would trust your chappy – he is the font of electrical knowledge! 🙂
What about an electrician? Our chappy at school said get as high in maths as you can.
Yes, and to a good level. The following info comes from:
http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/airforce/jobs/Pilot/EducationAndExperience
“Applicants must have completed Year 12 with passes in English, Mathematics (Tertiary Entrance Level) and two other academic subjects. Maths in Society or similarly modified Maths subjects are not acceptable. Minimum grades are set for chemistry, geography and physics, if studied. Applicants must also have achieved a minimum of a C grade or equivalent in Year 10 science, if sciences not passed at Year 11 or 12.”
Hope this helps. If always pays to check with your Careers Liaison person and with the tertiary entry group you plan to train with.
Does maths have anything to do with being a pilot?