April 2012: Baseball, Solar Ellipse, Tale of 2 Cities, Puzzles, and Teaching an old dog

(from April 1, 2012)

"Math and Baseball"

Play Ball!  Check out some math baseball questions...


(from April 8, 2012)

"Focus on the Solar Ellipse"

(from April 15, 2012)

"Math Superheros"

Why is 8,549,176,320 a special number?

Answer and more puzzles are in the mathplane spare parts section




(from April 22, 2012)

"Math Tribute to Charles Dickens"

Each letter represents a different number between 1 and 9.  Translate the letters into numbers!

Hints and solutions are here...



(from April 28, 2012)

"Teaching an old dog new tricks"