Monthly Archives: February 2012

Mathematics of Aircraft Disasters

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Passy

Image Source: http://www.aviationwa.org.au If you don’t think Mathematics is vitally important, then think again! The following news article we saw on an Australian news website today. It is all about a mathematical mistake that made a passenger plane nearly “stall” … Continue reading →

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Multiplying Integers

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Passy

Image Source: http://wme.cs.kent.edu Can you work out how many soldiers are in the photo ? We can see they are standing “three deep” : there is a soldier in the front, one in the middle, and one at the back. … Continue reading →

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