Category: Kids (middle school and up)

Reflection on Billiards and Math Feb 2024

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up), Mathematics
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This inscribed triangle is a periodic billiard trajectory called the Fagnano orbit, named for Giovanni Fagnano, who in 1775 showed that this triangle has the smallest perimeter of all inscribed triangles.

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What is the Day of the Week? Jan 2024

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up), Mathematics, Mental Math
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Engineering Math Nov 2023

• khoitsma
• Engineering, Kids (middle school and up), Mathematics, Mental Math
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“Often while working, an arithmetical answer is needed — exact is sometimes required, approximate is often acceptable — maybe the basis of a decision or a path forward is based on a few quick calculations, with more rigorous calculations to follow

Multiply by 11 (or 12). Just write down the answer !
Pascal’s Triangle
Aliquot Parts

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Buckminster would be proud Nov 2022

• khoitsma
• Concept, General, Kids (middle school and up)
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… maybe

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Rechnen, Multiplizieren und Addieren Nov 2022

• khoitsma
• Kids (middle school and up), Mathematics, Mental Math
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Sum the numbers — let me count the ways

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Weather Sep 2022

• khoitsma
• General, Kids (middle school and up), Science, Windy
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The Windy app has a beautiful interface

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