Through Math for America, I am part of an ongoing collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
Test Yourself Math — February 13, 2013
This question pertains to the GI Bill, a federal program which provides money for military veterans and their families to attend college. Approximately how much does each participant receive in benefits?
Through Math for America, I am part of an ongoing collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
Test Yourself Math — February 4th, 2013
This question relates to an article discussing what it means to be “middle class” in New York City. How many months of Manhattan rent equals the average price of a new home in the US?
Through Math for America, I am part of an ongoing collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
Test Yourself Math — January 30, 2013
This question has to do with the surge in college and junior college graduates in China. How far behind the US is China in graduations per capita?
This is a sample of the problems from the book “200 Puzzling Physics Problems” published by Cambridge University Press:
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/sam ples/cam034/00053005.pdf
This above resource contains 89 of the problems, but no solutions.
The problems here are simple to state, but seem to get at profound mathematical and physical ideas. For example, if the Earth and Sun were scaled down as to be 1 meter apart on average, how long would a year be?
I can see a lot of productive student struggle coming from this book!
Through Math for America, I am part of an ongoing collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
Test Yourself Math — January 16, 2013
This problem is based on an article about the cost of classroom chairs. What is the total value of chairs in the New York City public school system? The answer may surprise you.