Suppose Briley has 10 coins in quarters and dimes and has a total of $1.45. How many of each coin does she have?
Category: Labs
Work Problems
Suppose Tom can paint the entire fence in twelve hours, and Huck takes eight hours. How long would it take the two of them together to paint the fence?
What is x?
What is “x”? Or how do we represent variables and functions on spreadsheets?
Solving Equations Digitally
This Lab introduces a method for solving or estimating the solution to an equation digitally that can be applied to many types of equations. This Functional Thinking approach reduces the need to remember a variety of rules and procedures. It is 1 of 3 Labs on this topic.
Napoleon’s Pyramid
When Napoleon conquered Egypt in 1798 he went to the Great Pyramid of Giza. While his men climbed to its peak, he figured out that “There is stone enough to build a wall 3 meters high and 1/3 meter thick around the whole of France.” Was Napoleon right? How and why did he figure this out?