March 2015: Polygons, King Kong, the Pied Piper, the high road, and Abbott & Costello

(from March 31, 2015)

"Abbott + Costello"

(from March 29, 2015) 
 
"Dress Pattern"

A quick math riddle... Can you figure it out?
"Dress Pattern"
There's a clothing store in Alphabetown.
The owner has devised his own method of pricing items.
A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15, and a blouse costs $30.
Using this method, how much would a dress cost?

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(from March 19, 2015)

"The (Pitch)fork in the road"

Choose the right path!





(from March 12, 2015)

"The Pi Piper of Hamelin"

A special Pi Day:  3/14/15 @ 9:26:54



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(from March 6, 2015)

"King Kong" 

 

(from March 2, 2015)

"Polygons: Interior and Exterior Angles" 
 
Assume all the figures are regular polygons.
Can you find the angle measures?

SOLUTIONS
 

February 2015: Groundhog Day, Winter, Romance, and Sesame Street

(from February 27, 2015)

"Job Applicants"

Auditions at Sesame Street..





(from February 20, 2015)

"Living Below Zero"

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 (from February 13, 2015)

"Math Romance II"

 


(from February 10, 2015)

A math question that uses geometry and trigonometry...

  
A parallelogram has side lengths 12 and 15.
If the length of the longer diagonal is 20, what is the length of the shorter diagonal?

SOLUTION  and more trigonometry questions at mathplane.com



(from February 6, 2015)

 



(from February 2, 2015)

"Groundhog Day"

 
 

January 2015: New Year, Pink Floyd, Pick-up Lines, Monkeys, and Rain Man

(from January 24, 2015)

"Pick Up Lines"

These lines have no boundaries and no depth...




(from January 23, 2015)

"Function Notation Question"

SOLUTION





(from January 21, 2015)

"Parallel lines question"

SOLUTION

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(from January 18, 2015)

"Rain Man"

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(from January 15, 2015)

"Monkeys and Bananas"

 

Suppose 5 monkeys take 5 minutes to eat 5 bananas.
a) How many minutes would it take 10 monkeys to eat 10 bananas?
b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 2 bananas in 2 minutes?

SOLUTIONS and more questions in the spare parts section at mathplane



(from January 8, 2015)

"Pink Floyd"

David Gilmour teaches math...



(from January 1, 2015)

"New Year's Day"

The spirit of competition!




2015 Math Exercise: Using 2, 0, 1, 5, and any combination of math symbols/operations/functions, write equations that compute to every number between 1 and 25. (Challenge: can you compute every number between 26 and 50?)

Check out the 2-0-1-5 Puzzle!

December 2014: Got Milk?, The Holidays, Santa, and Richard Simmons

(From December 28, 2014)

"Graph Theory"

The secret to Santa's overnight delivery success...


(From December 19, 2014)

"Math Aerobics"

Richard Simmons inspires numbers among us to stay in shape!


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(From December 12, 2014)

"Holiday Photos"

A Kodak Moment!




(From December 5, 2014)

"Got Milk?"

It does a math body good!




(From December 2, 2014)

"Racing Cars"

Two cars are opposite each other on a 1-mile oval track.

The red car is racing at 85 miles per hour. And, the blue car 

is speeding at 90 miles per hour.

How many minutes will it take the blue car to catch the red 

car?

SOLUTION


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November 2014: Dracula, U, Chain Rule, Math Signs, and Works of Art

(from November 28, 2014)

"The Curve"

U can set the class curve for every test!



(from November 21, 2014)

"Math Gallery"

 Math objects at Art's Institute...

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(from November 14, 2014)

"A Peculiar Math Artisan" 

(from November 7, 2014)


"Math Dungeon"

Calculus can be torture for math students!



(from November 1, 2014)

"Count-ing Principle"

Halloween at the Transylvania Night School



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October 2014: Porky Pig, Romeo and Juliet, and ACT Prep

(from October 24, 2014)

"Looney Tunes"

If Porky Pig taught Algebra...


(from October 17, 2014)

 "Perceptions"

Extracurricular activities of a math teacher!



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(from October 15, 2014)

"Regular Polygons and the Vertex"

Identify the coordinates of each vertex in the following regular polygons

 
Solutions to the above shapes and more math topics in the spare parts section.


(from October 10, 2014)

"Evennt Planner" 

The seating chart (diagram) of Romeo and Juliet's reception.


(from October 9, 2014)

"Volume Riddle"

(Measured in cubic feet,) how much dirt is in a rectangular shaped hole that is 4 feet by 6 feet and 18 inches deep?

 Answer


(from October 2, 2014)

"Standardized Test Prep"

The day before the big test.... 

 
 
 
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September 2014: Linkedin, Converse, The Terminator, and Fantasy Island

(from September 25, 2014)

"Linked N"

 
Networking for Natural users in the math world!


 (from September 17, 2014)

"The Terminator"

 A relentless calculus teacher at John Connor High School...


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 (from September 16, 2014)

"Knowing your ABC's"

A quick math question:
A box contains 10 A's, 20 B's, and 25 C's.
If you randomly choose 3 letters from the box,
how many different outcomes are there?
(Note: Order does not matter)

(from September 10, 2014) 
 
"Converse"  

 



(from September 3, 2014)

"Fantasy Island" 

 Mr. Roarke teaches geometry to Tattoo...
 

(from September 1, 2014)

"Ambiguous Math Question" 

If Michael eats 1/4 of a cheesecake. And, later he eats 2/5 of the cheesecake.
What fraction remains?







The solution(s) and more pre-algebra exercises at the mathplane site...