H. Constant is the hero of a particularly successful film -rates of the Pythagorean, whose climactic scene involved Constant “walking the planck.” On its premier weekend, the film grossed $31.4 million. If its sequel is expected to surpass this amount by 15.9%, how much will the sequel gross? ANSWER From March 2011 edition of the Mathematics Teacher
Coffey, M. (Ed.). (2011). March "Calendar" Problems. MATHEMATICS TEACHER , 104 (7), 520-521.
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Kaytlyn the pi-rate was famed for her collection of gold and silver jewelry. Which would hold more of her loot—a right cylindrical barrel with diameter d and height 2d or a chest in the shape of a rectangular prism with height d and width and length of 2d? ANSWER From the March Issue of the Mathematics Teacher
Coffey, M. (Ed.). (2011). March "Calendar" Problems. MATHEMATICS TEACHER , 104 (7), 520-521. Captain Hook’s parrot is 4 times as tall as Peter Pan’s parrot. A parrot owned by another Pi-rate on the Jolly Roger is 5/8 the height of Hook’s bird. The total height of all these birds is 225cm. If d represents the height of Peter’s parrot, find d. ANSWER From the March Issue of the Mathematics Teacher
Coffey, M. (Ed.). (2011). March "Calendar" Problems. MATHEMATICS TEACHER , 104 (7), 520-521. |
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