Sunday, September 3, 2017

August 27, 2017 - Math Circle 2.0

Warm Up

Scale of the solar system.  Watch movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj4524AAZdE

Perimeter

Introduce perimeter of a square and a rectangle.  How do we define a rectangle and a square?  How many side lengths of a rectangle do you need to know to calculate the perimeter?


Puzzle

Cows in a field game


Homework puzzle

You need to capture precisely 4 gallons of water for some unknown experiment that requires precisely 4 gallons of water.  The tools available to you are a 3 gallon container, a 5 gallon container and an unlimited water source that allows you to fill the 5 and 3 gallon containers.  How would you fill the containers to get precisely 4 gallons of water?  

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