June 2013: Ellery Queen, Twitter, Frankestein, and Dirty Harry

(from June 27, 2013)

"The Enforcer"

 

Harry Callahan teaches math at Eastwood Prep

(from June 21, 2013)

"Teaching Experiment"

A monstrous task for Dr. Frank N. Stein

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(from June 13, 2013)

"Two Characters and a Tweet"

(from June 9, 2013)

"Ellery's Cousin"

Can you solve the "case of the 3 portions"?

visit the spare parts to see the solution

(from June 5, 2013)

"Recreation Area"

Math Quiz:  Three Area problems...  (a little bit of geometry and calculus)

 The solutions and more math questions....

 

 

May 2013: Fibonacci, Clocks, Math Junkies, Marathons, and Area Code

(From May 31, 2013)

"Area Code"

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(from May 24, 2013)

"Ultra-Marathon"

Red e, Set, Go!!



(from May 17, 2013)

"Doing Lines"

Math Junkies, just say know!


Check out Diagonals and Polygons in the spare parts section at mathplane.com






(from May 10, 2013)

Now, it's time for 3 clock angle questions!

1) What is the measure of the angle formed by the hands of a clock at 5:00?
2) What is the measure of the angle formed by the hands of a clock at 7:12?
3) Challenge:  If it is 12:02, when is the next time the minute hand will cross the hour hand?  (round your answer to the nearest second)..
(Note: the answer is not 1:05:00)

SOLUTIONS are here...





(from May 8, 2013)

"Fibonacci Day"

Next Wednesday is 5-8-13, a "Fibonacci Day" --- (assuming such a thing exists)... In honor of Leonardo of Pisa --- Fibonacci, the Mathplane weekly cartoon features his
sequences.....



How familiar are you with sequences?
Answer the following:
Assume 3 and 9 begin each sequence. What is the 3rd term in each:
a) Arithmetic sequence: 3, 9, ? ...
b) Geometric sequence: 3, 9, ? ...
c) Fibonacci sequence: 3, 9, ? ...

SOLUTIONS are here...

And, learn more about Sequences and Series.....

April 2013: Andy Warhol, Taxes, SohCahToa, Power, and exponents

 (from April 26, 2013)

"Math Electrician"

Can you answer these 3 math 'power' questions?

 The power answers are in the spare parts section






 (from April 19, 2013)

"In(side) a Name"

Trig question:   What are the angle measures of a triangle with sides 3, 4, and 5?

ANSWER is here







(from April 15, 2013)

"A Taxing Process"

 

 Uncle(ar) Sam at the IRS...


Try the tax relief hidden math puzzle






(from April 5, 2013)

"15's Minute of Fame"

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March 2013: Ali, Scarface, Ms. Pacman, Pythagoras, Moses, and Easter

(from March 30, 2013)

"Kepler and Easter"

Decorating Easter Eggs!




(from March 26, 2013)

"Passover Math Cartoon"

Moses parts the red C



(from March 21, 2013)

"Pythagoras gets an idea"

Learn more about the Pythagorean Theorem at mathplane.com




(from March 15, 2013)

"80's Geometry class"  w/ Ms. Pacman

Totally awesome!

Go here for Pacman math questions 





(from "pi day" 1983)

"Scarface"

"Say 'ello to pi, little friend"...  Tony Montana teaches math....


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(from March 1, 2013)

"Infinity vs. Ali"

No one can top infinity...

February 2013: Temperature (degrees), Singing parallelogram, Star Wars, and My Fair Lady

(from February 22, 2013)

"My Fair (Math) Lady"

Eliza Doolittle learns Geometry... 




(from February 15, 2013)

"Mass Lessons from the Jedi: Obi-Wan teaches Luke about vectors and force"

Two quick math & star wars riddles: 1) Which part of a square is Darth Vader's favorite? 2) Why did the 2 stubborn vectors gets lost?   Answers




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(from February 12, 2013)

"Secret Admirer"

 
Busy day for florists (and math messengers...)

Learn more about parallelograms...





(from February 2, 2013)

"Degrees of Comfort"

Life inside of a Thermometer -- (mathplane weekly cartoon #70)

January 2013: Greeting Cards, Ice Skating, Math Homebuilder, and Half-Life

(from January 24, 2013)

"Half Life and Dekay"

The Half-Life and Times of a Math Comic (presented by Mr. DeKay)

Learn more about half-life, growth and decay at mathplane.com



(from January 18, 2013)

"Math Homebuilders"

(from January 12, 2013)

"Eight, wonder of the world"

Math comic #67:  Figure 8's Skating....

find out more about 8 




(from January 7, 2013)

"Cre8tive Writing"

Greeting Cards from Mark Hall....

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December 2012: 12-12-12, The Holidays, and New Year's Eve..

(from December 31, 2012)

"A Year to Remember"

2013 Puzzle:

Using 2, 0, 1, 3, and any combination of math symbols/operations/functions, write equations that compute to every number between 1 and 25..


Download puzzle and solutions .pdf file

or, go to

http://mathplane.com/gate_edestinations/2013_puzzle





(from December 24, 2012)

"Mix-up at the North Pole"

(from December 14, 2012)

"The Gift of the Math Guy"

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(from December 12, 2012)

"12-12-12"

(from December 9, 2012)

What is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel?

More details...