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If you don’t get Math you don’t get the Career!

February11

A recent study by the National Maths and Science Initiative found that 16 of the 30 fastest-growing occupations in the United States require substantial mathematics or science understanding. In other words, you need Mathematics to get the best career opportunities – not for short-term employment, but for life. In my case, I graduated with majors […]

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Apply your Mathematical skills to a Career in Meteorology

December24

Meteorology is an applied science that requires postgraduate study and training. You need to have achieved a Bachelor, Honours or Master of Science degree (BSc, BSc (Hons) or MSc) in mathematics or physics. Other majors are considered, provided your university maths/physics background is strong. Why mathematics or physics? The atmosphere is a thin film of […]

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Best Math Career Quiz?

February9

H3 have come across a variety of Math Career quizzes. We think the following one is a very useful tool because it focusses on your likes and steers you towards a career that you will enjoy! Now, that’s pretty cool. Click on the image below and take the quiz to find a suitable career path;

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The Wisdom of Earl

October26

H3 was enjoying meeting up with Earl in Montana. Montana is Big Sky country and Earl has a big heart for helping students with their math – which is the subject we naturally focused on after a while (there was hay to feed to the horses and some garden crops to pick first). I mentioned […]

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Measuring Ocean Waves – Wow!

May4

Waves in the Southern Ocean have already been recorded over 20 metres in height, but new research shows they’re getting higher. A small but significant increase of 1.5 metres per second – 8 per cent – was noted by researchers who analysed approximately 4 billion observations from 31 satellites and 80 ocean buoys worldwide. “Although increases of […]

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Mathematics rates 2nd in ‘Best Jobs of 2018’

April24

Careers in STEM — like Mathematician, Statistician, Data Scientist and Actuary — shape the Best Jobs of 2018, which is no deviation from recent trends. However, a job tracked by the Jobs Rated Report for the first time, Genetic Counselor, is No. 1. And with 29% growth outlook, this healthcare field speaks to the advancements […]

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Why math if we don’t use it in everyday life?

February9

That’s a very good question and I am going to invite Kedar Marathe – who works at Tata Technologies in India – to answer it: “Look around the world in which you live. Almost everything that you experience and enjoy is possible because of Mathematics. 1. You drive a car. A car company uses CAD […]

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Game on! Why Math Matters

January26

“Math is not something we create … it is something we discover …” This quote is from “Game on! Why Math Matters” – a 55 minute video to inspire students to discover Mathematics. Filmed at the famous Mohonk Preserve in the Shawangunk Mountains near New York, the message to students is, “You often have to […]

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Mathematicians talk about their passions

November3
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When will I ever use this Mathematics stuff???

February15

I was asked a very good question in class recently. “When will I ever use this Mathematics that I am doing?” one student asked me, and it was a genuine question, not an attempt to get out of classwork! My reply was something like this – “You probably never will use it – at least […]

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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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