Comments on: Plates Without States

By: Lee Trampleasure

Lee Trampleasure — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 02:55:45 +0000

I got 50, but I do have 17 trips across the country, one way or the other, by car â˜ºï¸ I agree with LeeAnn, it would have been harder if they were all laid out as one.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 23:07:16 +0000

In reply to Cindy. The graphic software is Pixelmator, though there are a bunch of other options that'd work. Here's a quick demo. The quiz software is a custom job from Evan Weinberg.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 04:13:02 +0000

What graphic software did you use to manipulate the graphics. How about the quiz?

By: Judy Hante

Judy Hante — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 02:10:06 +0000

Very nice quiz, I got 46 correct, although a couple were just plain guesses. I could use ideas for how to use this concept in math word problems. I teach Statistics.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 01:27:41 +0000

In reply to Bill Lundy. Seriously impressed, Bill. I'm too nervous to test myself on Canada plates, frankly.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Fri, 06 Jan 2017 01:27:05 +0000

In reply to LeeAnn Hammett.

“Who’s this LeeAnn Hammett character??” – me, before I put it all together.

Congrats, LeeAnn!

By: LeeAnn Hammett

LeeAnn Hammett — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:32:31 +0000

I got 42, but I probably would have gotten fewer if all of the plates had been presented all at once. I wonder how the difficulty increases as you add more and more plates on the page. Or, how would the difficulty increase if the plates were organized by region? I was able to use process of elimination because each page seemed to have a state around where I’ve lived (PNW and Memphis), but if all of the heartland, wild west (Montana, etc), or NE states had been on one page I’m not sure I would have gotten them all.

By: Bill Lundy

Bill Lundy — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:36:15 +0000

Interesting activity. As a Canadian I got 43 out of 50. Now I challenge you on two counts: (a) make one for adjacent countries, i.e., Canada and Mexico (if indeed the latter has state plates), then (b) collect demographics on the challenge takers.

By: Karim

Karim — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 00:08:54 +0000

“Garden” State. Ha.