POW #19

Hashiwokakero

This one is similar to Shikaku, but a little different

See the attached puzzle...

POW #18

Shikaku

See the attached Shikaku puzzle. Section the puzzle into rectangle and squares along the grid lines so that the number in each rectangle refers to the area of that rectangle.

OR

Difference in Numbers

The sum of my number and Kiki's number is 30% more than 7. If you take Kiki's number and add 1, this new number, when tripled is five times my number. What is the difference between Kiki's number and my number?

Triangle theorems

Check out the following link to explore the triangle theorems we learned in class:

• Math Warehouse

Oral Presentation Articles

• Arizona immigration law - Article
• Workplace discrimination against black employees - Article
• Workplace discrimination against Arab-Americans - Article
• Bioethics and racial discrimination - Article
• Overrepresentation of blacks in the penal system - Article
• Under-representation of African-Americans in certain sports - Article
• Lack of wealth for single black women - Article
• Inability of felons to have voting rights restored - Article Article 2
• Black or Biracial? - Article Article 2
• What is Latino? - Article
• Racial discrimination linked to depression in children - Article
• Black on asian violence - Article
• White caricatures of racial stereotypes - Article Article 2 Article 3
• Housing discrimination in renting - Article
• Reverse-Redlining - Article
• Loan discrimination against black farmers - Article
• Dreadlocks: stereotypes and cultural assimilation - Article
• Racial health disparities - Article Article 2 Article 3
• Black unemployment - Article
• Workplace discrimination against ESL speakers - Article

Americas Test

POW #17

a) It is has been snowing at Ingrid’s house all week, but today the sun was out. Ingrid decided to make some snow sculptures in the backyard. Ingrid scooped the snow out of a rectangular hole that measured 2 feet by 2 feet by 3 feet, and she used that snow to make bricks that measured 6 inches by 8 inches by 9 inches. How many snow bricks could she make with the snow from the rectangular hole?

If the above problem is too easy, try the following:

b) Ingrid’s friend Reed came over, and together they scooped the snow out of a cubical hole that measured 3 feet on each side. With the snow they scooped out of the hole, they made right pyramids with square bases, which measured 1 foot along each side of the base, and were one foot tall. How many pyramids of this size could they make with the snow from the cubical hole?