Content Showcase: Math in the News
Look at current events through the lens of math. Our Math in the News presents real-world math in downloadable PowerPoint formats to easily incorporate into your lessons.
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Total Number of Resources: 128
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Math in the News: Issue 100--Late Night TV Ratings |
Math in the News: Issue 100--Late Night TV RatingsJuly 2014. In this issue of Math in the News we look at the mathematics of the Nielsen Ratings. This provides an excellent application of ratios, proportions, and percents. |
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Data Analysis |
Math in the News: Issue 10--Invasion: Cicada! |
Math in the News: Issue 10--Invasion: Cicada!5/23/11. In this issue we look at the swarm of cicadas along the Midwest and South. This periodic occurrence of cicadas is explored mathematically. |
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Trigonometric Functions |
Math in the News: Issue 1--The Fukushima Earthquake |
Math in the News: Issue 1--The Fukushima EarthquakeMarch 2011. A comparison of the Japanese earthquake near Fukushima to the one in the Sichuan Province of China in 2008. We also look at the resulting tsunami that hit the Japanese coast. |
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Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions |
