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It’s making headlines!
Ba-dum!
Ok, no more silly jokes, I promise. Cross my heart!
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[DMMGFK #56] 4 Million Cryptarithms Online Now
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Have you heard of cryptarithm puzzles? They’re a great pre-algebra puzzle, and some can be quite mind-bending. They’re also called called Crypt-Arithmetic puzzles, Letter Arithmetic puzzles or other names. A cryptarithm is a mathematical sum where each digit has been replaced with a letter. The puzzle is to restore the original sum. Continue reading [DMMGFK #56] 4 Million Cryptarithms Online Now
The Math Of European Debt
If you have 1000 Euros you want to invest, what do you do?
Two, One, Zero, Blast Off! (or, How To Teach Subtraction)
Last week, I got to help my son learn subtraction with borrowing. He’s already learned how to subtract two-digit numbers when borrowing is not needed, as you can see from the picture below.
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[DMMGFK #55] Magic Hexagons!
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When I started Dr Mike’s Math Games for Kids, the first group of games to become popular was my collection of Printable Math Games and puzzles. I’ve recently added a new member to that flock, a Magic Hexagon Worksheet Generator.
Relativistic Share Trading
Once upon a time, if you wanted to buy or sell shares in a company, your wishes would be conveyed by word of mouth to a broker on the trading floor of a stock exchange. Then, he’d have to find another broker on the same floor willing to match your offer. This would, of course, take some time.
Barack Obama’s Education Policy
A while ago, I sent an email to all the people who might be president in 2013. In it, I asked :
- What is the most important thing you would do, as president, to ensure America’s future prosperity?
- Relative to this, how important to America’s future prosperity is the goal of ensuring all children have access to affordable education?
- What plans, if any, do you have to ensure that all Americans have affordable access to high-quality education?
Today, the first reply came in – from Barack Obama. No reply yet from any of the Republican candidates, though I suppose there’s only one that matters now.
I’ve reproduced Barack Obama’s letter below. I’ll comment further when I get a reply from Mitt Romney, or when I’m convinced I’m not going to get one.
[DMMGFK #54] Highway Jam, and Highway Jam Free
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Highway Jam available in Free or Paid Versions
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Homework
My son wrote an essay recently. The topic was ‘homework’. It left me with this impression :-
Getting Your Kid Into a UK University
The Financial Times has a rather technical piece on the effect of some changes in how British Universities will be funded. Basically, the universities have been told
- top students won’t count against your quota.
- quotas will be cut in proportion.
- non-university institutes of higher learning have successfully obtained 10000 quota places that were previously held by universities.