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Problem of the Month – April 2011

Posted in Education, Math, Problem of the Month, Teaching Math, tagged , , , , on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The price of gas keeps going up.  In California, most gas stations now charge over $4 even for the lowest octane gasoline.  Hybrid cars cost more, but are more energy efficient than most standard gasoline-only cars.  Hybrid cars are also better for the environment.  Are they better for your wallet as well?  Let’s figure out [...]

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Problem of the Month – March 2011

Posted in Education, Math, Problem of the Month, Teaching Math, tagged , , , , , , on March 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Sally wants to do a home improvement project.  Her kitchen floor is in bad shape and she wants to retile the floor.  She needs to figure out how many tiles to buy.  Her kitchen measures 15’ by 20’.  She will use tiles that measure 13” by 13”.  The tile costs $3.50 per square feet.  How [...]

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Problem of the Month – February 2011

Posted in Math, Problem of the Month, Teaching Math, tagged , , , , , , , on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Last month we talked about compound interest. This month we will use the compound interest concept and do a real-world problem, a kind of exercise often performed by financial analysts. Netflix is a company that provides movies for viewing, either by streaming online or by mailing a DVD to your home. As a company, it [...]

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New Site Feature – Flash Cards

Posted in GoldStudent, Math, Math Help, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Our flash cards were just launched. We believe the flash cards provide another tool to help students polish their math skills. We are starting with four subjects (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), each with three levels of difficulty (easy, medium and hard). You can customize the flash cards to set how many problems per set, [...]

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Happy mathematical new year: 2011 is the sum of 11 consecutive prime numbers

Posted in Education, Funny Math, Math, tagged , , , on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Source:    http://republicofmath.wordpress.com/2011/01/01/happy-mathematical-new-year-2011-is-the-sum-of-11-consecutive-prime-numbers/

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Problem of the Month – December 2010

Posted in Math, Problem of the Month, Teaching Math, tagged , , , , on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We have estimated that each year about 100 million Christmas trees are sold in the U.S.. I was wondering how much land it would take to plant and grow these trees. Can you estimate this number? Let’s assume that it would take 7 years for a tree to grow big enough to be cut down [...]

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Happy holidays from GoldStudent!

Posted in Education, From Ning, Math Help, People, Teaching Math, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Happy holidays! The first semester of school is coming to an end. Some of our students are preparing for end-semester exams, and we are getting ready for the holidays. This is a good time to relax and recharge, to reflect on the past and to plan for the future. We wish you all a happy [...]

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Thoughts about education

Posted in Education, From Ning, GoldStudent, Motivation in Math, Parenting, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on October 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

We are well into the new school year by now. In my family, we have settled into a routine of driving to schools and then driving to sports after school. With three kids in three different schools and three different schedules, driving has been really hectic (no school bus system where we live). However, we [...]

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