Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/test-yourself-math-jan-30-2012/
This question is based on the late Joe Paterno’s record for major college football victories by a head coach. How many years would it take for a contemporary to catch him?
Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/test-yourself-math-jan-25-2012/
This question is based on the rising number of weight-loss surgeries performed each year in the U.S. How many are being performed on patients under 21 years of age?
Through Math for America, I am part of an on-going collaboration with the New York Times Learning Network. My latest contribution, a Test Yourself quiz-question, can be found here:
https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/test-yourself-math-jan-23-2012/
This question is related to a publicly-funded program that trains private-sector employees in North Carolina. Just how much does this program cost the government?
Today we celebrate our first Permutation Day of the new year! I call days like today permutation days because the digits of the day and month can be rearranged to form the year.
We enjoyed several Permutation Days in 2011. In addition to predicting future dates, an interesting question would be “Which year has the most Permutation Days?”
In honor of today, I recommend changing the order in which you do things!
This is a short and engaging little vocabulary quiz from www.sporcle.com titled “F in Math”.
http://www.sporcle.com/games/puckett86/dont_fail
To paraphrase Alex Trebek: all the answers in this quiz begin with the letter F.
If you don’t get a 100, don’t feel bad; one of these answers is a bit obscure. I got it right, but only because a student recently explained that particular concept with me . I didn’t really understand, but at least I remembered the word!