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How Do You Feel About Math? Activity
I eluded to the fact that I was going to do this activity last week on Twitter. And here are some of the pictures that students picked out of magazines to describe the way that feel about math. Yes, there are more pictures than comments, but one of the comments ‘Math makes me feel crazy’…
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Scotch Tape and Gas Prices Dilemma
So, my whole recent obsession with Scotch Tape sort of began a few weeks ago when the following problem popped into my mind… Suppose your boss wants you to buy six 1/2 in x 450 in rolls of Scotch tape at the dollar store (remember the 6% Michigan sales tax). Your boss wants you to…
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Thought-Provoking Proportion Challenge Problems
I totally meant to share these problems a few weeks ago, but I wanted to try it out with my classes first. However, I got so distracted with doing my Capture & Recapture Lab that we never got to the worksheet. Yes, I did a Capture & Recapture lab for my Beginning Algebra Classes to…
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#anyqs Related ‘Stuff’
If you’re not familiar with #anyqs, start here: http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=10120. Otherwise, enjoy.
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Using UJAM to Automatically Add Music to Everything.
I just Stumbled Upon this tool called UJAM, which takes vocals and actually adds appropriate background music. I decided to push the envelope by simply just reading the instructions to one of the recent assignments that I did with one of my classes to see what it could do with spoken word. I think that…
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