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Problems, Questions, and Puzzles to spark discussion and argument in the maths classroom.

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Which skier would you rather be?





.: [PHYSICS], [Frank Noschese], [Which Would You Choose?].

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There are three scales.

The one on the right (navy shirt) indicates a 10 N force to the right ... +10 N.

The one on the left (green shirt) indicates a 10 N force to the left ... -10 N.

What will the scale in the middle read?





.: [PHYSICS], [Frank Noschese], [Notice, Wonder].

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A series of identical blocks.




A series of identical rectangular blocks is stacked out at their
balancing points from the top down. You can show with a simple center of mass calculation the total "stick-out" distance; that is, the horizontal distance from the back of the bottom block to the back of the top block is
\( \dfrac{1}{2}(1 + \dfrac{1}{2} +\dfrac{1}{3} +\dfrac{1}{4} + ... ) \)


.: [PHYSICS], [Frank Noschese], [Create a Problem].

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You can take it from here ...


.: [STATS], [Frank Noschese], [Graphicacy].

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.: [PHYSICS], [Frank Noschese], [Meme].

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From our recent group True-False quiz:
Two of these had correct response rates of 90%, the other two 60%. Which are which?


.: [Teacher Education], [Frank Noschese], [Pedagogy].
that's it.