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Math in the News: Issue 36--Will There Be an NBA Season? |
Math in the News: Issue 36--Will There Be an NBA Season?11/21/11. In this issue we look at the NBA labor dispute. Why is this labor dispute so different from the one for the NFL? |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 37--A Parade of Geometry |
Math in the News: Issue 37--A Parade of Geometry11/28/11. In this issue we look at the geometry of parade balloons. |
Surface Area and Volume | |
Math in the News: Issue 38--December 7, 1941 |
Math in the News: Issue 38--December 7, 194112/7/11. In this issue we look at the heroic work of salvaging and retrofitting many of the ships sunk during the attack on Pearl Harbor. |
Surface Area and Volume | |
Math in the News: Issue 39--Monument to a Hero |
Math in the News: Issue 39--Monument to a Hero12/12/11. In this issue we look at the MLK Memorial and the special properties of granite that presented some design challenges in the construction of the statue. |
Surface Area and Volume | |
Math in the News: Issue 4--The Cost of Gasoline |
Math in the News: Issue 4--The Cost of Gasoline4/11/11. In this issue we look at the high price of gasoline and investigate whether a hybrid car makes more economic sense. We look at various statistics to make a determination. |
Data Analysis and Ratios and Rates | |
Math in the News: Issue 40--Will Netflix Bounce Back? |
Math in the News: Issue 40--Will Netflix Bounce Back?12/19/11. In this issue we look at the steep drop in the price of NetFlix’s stock. We examine why it happened and make a prediction about the stock’s future. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 41--2012: The Facebook Year |
Math in the News: Issue 41--2012: The Facebook YearJanuary 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at the Facebook IPO. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 42--The Burj Khalifa Tower |
Math in the News: Issue 42--The Burj Khalifa TowerJanuary 2012. In this issue we look at the Burj Khalifa Tower, made popular with the release of the Mission Impossible movie. |
Applications of 3D Geometry | |
Math in the News: Issue 43--A Hollywood Decline? |
Math in the News: Issue 43--A Hollywood Decline?January 2012. In this issue of Math in the News, we look at box office data from 2011. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 44--Sunk: The Costa Concordia |
Math in the News: Issue 44--Sunk: The Costa ConcordiaJanuary 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we analyze how the Costa Concordia sank. |
Surface Area and Volume | |
Math in the News: Issue 45--Super Bowl Stats |
Math in the News: Issue 45--Super Bowl StatsFebruary 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at stats from Super Bowls past. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 46--The Unemployment Rate |
Math in the News: Issue 46--The Unemployment RateFebruary 2012. In this issue we look at unemployment statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 47--The Rising Price of Gasoline |
Math in the News: Issue 47--The Rising Price of GasolineFebruary 2012. In this issue of Math in the News, we analyze data on the price of gasoline. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 48--How Good Is Jeremy Lin? |
Math in the News: Issue 48--How Good Is Jeremy Lin?February 2012. In this issue of Math in the News, we look at basketball statistics, in particular the stats for Jeremy Lin. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 49--Why Daylight Savings Time? |
Math in the News: Issue 49--Why Daylight Savings Time?March 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we explore daylight savings time and standard time mathematically. |
Trigonometric Functions | |
Math in the News: Issue 5--Tax Day |
Math in the News: Issue 5--Tax Day4/18/11. In this issue we look at income taxes. We analyze who pays what proportion of income taxes based on income level. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 50--March Madness Made Rational |
Math in the News: Issue 50--March Madness Made RationalMarch 2012. In this issue we look at March Madness mathematically. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 51--Peyton Manning |
Math in the News: Issue 51--Is Peyton Manning a Good Investment?March 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at Peyton Manning's new contract with the Denver Broncos. Was this a good deal or not? |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 52--The iPhone |
Math in the News: Issue 52--Did the iPhone Doom the Blackberry?April 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at the future of Research in Motion's Blackberry, in light of the rise of the iPhone and Android devices. |
Data Analysis | |
Math in the News: Issue 53--Titanic: A Century Later |
Math in the News: Issue 53--Titanic: A Century LaterApril 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we analyze the sinking of the Titanic. It has been a hundred years, yet the story of the sinkin g of the Titanic still fascinates. |
Surface Area and Volume | |
Math in the News: Issue 54--Earthquake: Indonesia |
Math in the News: Issue 54--Earthquake: IndonesiaApril 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at the recent earthquake near Indonesia and compare it to the devastating earthquake of 2004. |
Applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions | |
Math in the News: Issue 55--Coming Home |
Math in the News: Issue 55--Coming HomeApril 2012. In this issue of Math in the News, we look at the last flight of the Shuttle Discovery on a 747 and compare the weight of this freight and that of a 747 with passengers. Which is heavier? |
Numerical Expressions and Variable Expressions | |
Math in the News: Issue 56--The Freedom Tower |
Math in the News: Issue 56--The Freedom TowerMay 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at the architecture of the Freedom Tower, now that it has become the tallest building in NYC. |
3-Dimensional Figures | |
Math in the News: Issue 57--Super Moon |
Math in the News: Issue 57--Super MoonMay 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we investigate the Super Moon phenomenon mathematically. |
Trigonometric Functions | |
Math in the News: Issue 58--Unemployment |
Math in the News: Issue 58--UnemploymentMay 2012. In this issue of Math in the News we look at unemployment statistics and compare the U3 and U6 stats. |
Data Analysis |