Author: Bard Math Circle
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Problem 2: Triangles in a Hexagon
In hexagon ABCDEF, how many triangles can be formed by connecting three vertices? Example ∆BCE.
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Problem 3: Walking to the Playground
How many ways can Pascal walk from home to the playground, walking 6 blocks?
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Problem 1: Jelly Beans
Bertie has six jelly beans left: one each of Avocado, Buttermilk, Centipede, Dirt, Earwax and Fried Beans flavors. Harry reaches into the bag and takes out three jelly beans. What possible groups of three jelly beans could Harry take? For example, Harry might take the Buttermilk, Dirt and Earwax jelly beans.
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Math Circle Poster and Activity Session
The Bard Math Circle is traveling to Boston next week for the Math Circle Poster and Activity Session at the Joint Math Meeting 2012. This poster session brings together math circles from around the country to share some of their math circle activities. Our activity Six Choose Three was used in our Spring 2011 circles, and features several…
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The Reel Math Challenge
One of the Bard Math Circle parents sent us this link: The Reel Math Challenge, which is a contest sponsored by MATHCOUNTS. For those who don’t know, MATHCOUNTS is a national, middle school level math competition that promotes excellence in math education through problem-solving. More on that later. The Reel Math Challenge is a team…
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Rubix Cubes at Rhinebeck
I both appreciate and enjoy it when parents get involved with Math Circle. Today at Rhinebeck, Michelle came in with her son Alan, and they both had a great time. Alan played Chicky-Boom and learned about balancing objects while Michelle solved a Rubix Cube! Here’s a picture of the result: We have three more…
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December Problem and Solution!!!
Hello once again!!! Have you ever wondered why patterns occur? Well… we don’t have the answer for all patterns in the world, but we can explain one pattern that occurs in the math world. The following problem is based on the multiplication of “repunits” whose digits are compromised of the number 1. Compute the following:…
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Bit-Strings at Bailey Middle School
The Bard Math Circle traveled to Bailey Middle School on Kingston this past Friday; students worked on challenge problems based on a set done in Rhinebeck last April. For one of the problams, students were asked to find how many bit-strings of length n (n-bit strings) there are, given that a single bit is either…
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Math Mama Rocks
Here’s a great youtube video of a math circle in Richmond, CA, run by Sue VanHattum, called the Math Salon. Sue has set up her event in many ways similar to what we have done at the Bard Math Circle – a great selection of mathematical activities with enough structure to support curious children and…