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Northwest Mathematics Interaction Workshop

Western Washington University
November 16, 2002

 

NEW! Webber and King Workshop Notes!
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Free Workshop!


Date and time: Saturday, November 16, 2002, 9:00 to 4:00

Location:
Science, Math and Technology 
  Education Building
Western Washington University
Bellingham

Click here for driving directions to WWU

 

Program Schedule

Program: 9:00 to 4:00

8:45 Registration

9:00-11:00 Big Puzzles

11:00-12:00 Head for Numbers

12:00-1:30 Lunch*

1:30-2:45 Three Jugs

2:45-3:45 Six Pin Bowling

3:55-4:00 Closing Remarks

 

Preliminary Program and Presenters

Local Hosts: Ronda and Will Webber

Big puzzles: Ronda Webber

Starting with miniature dinosaur puzzles and piles of stuff, we will work in teams to build BIG dinosaurs that are similar to our little ones.

A Head For Numbers: Mike Naylor

Take a walk through the houses in your head as we learn how to use image linking to develop incredible memory skills. We will also learn a system used by memory masters to remember any number, be it a phone number, credit card number, PIN, or thousands of digits of pi.

Solving the Three Jug Problem with Triangular
Trips: Jim King

Starting with an 8-pint jug filled with water and empty 5-pint and 3-pint jugs, pour liquid back and forth to divide the water equally. We will solve this and similar problems visually using trips on a triangle.

Six Pin Bowling - an activity in Other Bases: Will Webber

Let's go bowling. Six-pin bowling. If you buy a toy bowling set for your kid it probably comes with six pins, not the usual ten. This begs the question: how should a game of six-pin bowling be structured? How should it be scored? The answers lead to some interesting activities with arithmetic in number bases other than ten.

Details and Sign-Up

* Lunch is on your own. However, we will provide menus of local restaurants that are near by. If you do not want to order food, please bring a sack lunch.

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