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Prepare for the hard stuff!

June29

My teacher was very clear at the introduction to Calculus, “This is going to be a very difficult topic and you will need to concentrate your hardest in order to get through!” Little did I know that his words were correct. They were words that helped me mentally prepare for a course that, although different […]

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Number Sense = Mathematical Skills?

June28

We were finishing up the school term with some last minute marking and writing of student reports. I was also lamenting the inability of many students to know the difference between perimeter, area and volume (more on this in H3 later). Despite a range of teaching techniques (some involving practical measuring of outdoor objects and […]

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Beauty is in the eye of the mathematical beholder!

June26

This mask of the human face is based on the Golden Ratio. The proportions of the length of the nose, the position of the eyes and the length of the chin, all conform to some aspect of the Golden Ratio. You can check out how beautiful some people are by using this interactive website. Of […]

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Fit for Math!

June24

A survey of Spanish students has found a close link between fitness and grade levels. The study sample included more than 2,000 Spanish children and teenagers, aged from six to 18, with detailed information on physical fitness, body composition, and academic performance. The researchers found cardio-respiratory capacity and motor ability, both independently and combined, were […]

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Similar Triangles made easy

June23

There are some quite complicated and unnecessary complexities with Similar Triangles for some students. Let’s try and keep it simple. Look at the two triangles below. They look similar but, first, what do we mean by “Similar”? Similar means that one triangle is an enlargement of another. In other words, one triangle has been scaled […]

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Can Google help find the greatest living Mathematician?

June21

When the Abel Prize (presented by the King of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians) was announced in 2001, the mathematician Tanya Khovanova got very excited and started wondering who would be the first person to get it. She asked friends and colleagues who they thought was the greatest mathematician alive, and got the […]

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The Mathematics of The World Cup

June19

Every four years, The World Cup (the second biggest sporting event) forces fans to remember their mathematics lessons. In fact, working out what each team needs from its final match to finish in the top two of a group and advance to the knockout rounds takes some algebra knowledge and powers of prediction. After Brazil […]

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More Math Puzzles

June19

A school bus travels from Veldhoven to Roosendaal. There are four children in the bus. Each child has four backpacks with him. There are four dogs sitting in each backpack. Every dog has four puppies with her. All these dogs have four legs, with four toes at each leg. What is the total number of […]

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Damned Data, just the way you want it!

June18

“Lies, damned lies and statistics! This interview focuses on the rapidly changing New Zealand property market, but don’t let that put you off! The first half has strong statements about the way companies use (er, “manipulate”) data for their own ends! Why do two companies have different results from the same data? Who controls the […]

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Watch those double negatives!

June17

Every young mathematician knows the square roots of simple squared numbers, right? For example; . Also, our growing mathematicians know that a minus x a minus = +. However, this concept is not easily conveyed when we speak in English. For example, if you say, “I don’t have no time to do this.” then you […]

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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)?]

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