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Black Holes – Mathematically Impossible?

September29

“Black Holes — the most dense objects in the universe that do not even let light escape — do not exist, a physics professor in the US has claimed. Laura Mersini-Houghton at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the College of Arts and Sciences, has proven, mathematically, that black holes can never come into being […]

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Math and Science = Harry Potter Invisible Cloak

September28

University researchers have come up with a very low cost cloaking device. This use of lenses bends light around objects and makes them invisible, even when viewed from different angles. Now, think about some of the uses of this technology!

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There is always enough time for math…

September25

 

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1 = 3 What? Call the Math Doctor!

September24

Yes, you read about it here on H3! In Year 10 you learn the basic laws when working with logarithms. Do you remember what a logarithm is? If not, read more here from an earlier post. Then, take one of these laws (the log of a power) and you can prove, in about as many […]

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Mathmataria – old Math collectables

September23

Yes, almost-the-latest garage sale craze is looking for old Mathematical toys. This one below is a “mechanical flash card” machine for Mathematics (patented in the 1940s!). Pull the handle and the drum rotates to bring up random sums. The answers are under the black strip at the top. Actually, we have used this with our […]

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Maths Takes You Places

September22

There seems to be a “Careers in Math” theme running through the last few posts. This one is no different and takes a look at some specific careers that have taken paths shaped by (you guessed it) Mathematics! Click on the image below to find out more from http://mathsofplanetearth.org.au, hosted by The Australian Mathematical Sciences […]

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Crippling Cost of Doubling Every Week

September17

A recent news article looked at the cost of of fines which the US Justice Department threatened against Yahoo if it didn’t comply with a request for user data back in 2008. News coverage of the case, for which documents were recently, reported the proposed fines as $250,000 a day. But there was also a […]

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Using Geometry to Speed Date

September16

Yes, the Bowerbird is a great fan of the geometric speed dating. “While most bowerbirds embellish their “love nests” with bright, shiny baubles, the great bowerbird’s decor is comparatively bland: an avenue of sticks leading to a pair of courts garnished with mostly gray-to-white objects like pebbles, shells, and bones. Biologists John Endler and Laura […]

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Substituting – may the Algebraic Force be with you!

September16

This H3 ppt is free for download and distribution and is an introduction to the power of Algebraic Substitution – a critical skill for doing well in senior math. Here is the ppt: Substituting into an equation

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Infinity

September10

From Scientific American comes some wonderful designs, based on the locus (path) of moving dots. Click on them to activate.

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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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