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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Best Of 101questions [4/14/12]

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Best Of 101questions [4/14/12] — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:03:29 +0000

[…] of the value of a coin against its weight, which seems at first like a useless ratio. But remember the nickel thieves? If someone let you carry as much change away as you could lift, which kind of coin would be the […]

By: Mr. K

Mr. K — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:39:10 +0000

Here is a good followup on the nickel problem. Once again, one of those things I wish I was clever enough to come up with myself, but at least I can try to look semi-hip by passing it on.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:06:20 +0000

P.S. Jason, the phobias have nothin' to do with nothin'. I include something completely unrelated at the end of every opener. Sometimes it goes somewhere, sometimes it's fun and nothing more.

By: dan

dan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:57:25 +0000

Sacagawea wasn’t a President though I’m sure you aren’t the first social studies teacher to make that mistake.

Heh.

By: Benjamin Baxter

Benjamin Baxter — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:54:16 +0000

Am I the only person who noticed that the presidents get better as their coin value decreases? In my opinion, anyway.

I think that’s worthy of an Indexed.

http://awaitingtenure.wordpress.com/

By: dan

dan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:39:41 +0000

Wishin’ I was that clever.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:31:27 +0000

Gotta admit, I stick around the dy/dan/digs longer when there’s some math pedagogy going on….

… and I also have to say that I’m a tiny bit curious if you meant that “Famous Idiots in History” heading to be a double entendre, sitting right there over many of our famous presidents.

By: Jason Dyer

Jason Dyer — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:15:41 +0000

Could you talk about the what you do with the phobias?

Also, someone must have realized the error of their ways: you are on Math Bloggers as of this moment, as entry #4.