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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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The Census Puzzle

September26

Delight yourself in some mathematical detective work to see if you can figure this problem out! A member of a census organization is going door-to-door collecting information. He comes to a house where a woman answers the door. After introducing himself, he asks her how many adults live in the house. “Just me,” she replies, […]

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Equation Puzzle Solution…

July29

Just because you didn’t ask here is the solution to the earlier equation puzzle with the 5’s:

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Making Sense of an Equation

July10

Use one straight line to make this following equation true (2 solutions possible) Note: Answer will be posted soon, unless someone else gets it first!

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Geometric Challenge at Job Interview

March31

As we head for holidays here I thought you might enjoy this cartoon;

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How Many Triangles?

February3

The header photo was taken in Brisbane on the roof of the Arts building. The use of triangles is very strong in the architectural design. I wonder how many there are in the photo? Before I figure that out I wonder how many triangles I can find in this simpler design?

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Puzzle Time!

January29
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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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