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From: bright@Data-IO.COM (Walter Bright)
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Subject: Re: making a difference
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Date: 8 Nov 88 02:48:49 GMT
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In article <5756@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> moiram%tekcae.cax.tek.com@RELAY.CS.NET (Moira Mallison) writes:
>Anybody got any ideas how to make [math] fun for both of us?

Math is fun when it's used to solve real problems. Some possibilities:

1. Put some money in a savings account. Calculate how much you'll have
after 1 month, 2 months, etc.

2. Making change.

3. Calculating sales tax on a purchase.

4. Set up an imaginary (or real!) lemonade stand. Given the cost
of materials, figure out how much to charge so you'll make a profit.

5. Figure out how much you can make from the stand in a day, in a week.

6. On car trips, whenever you pass a sign that says how many more miles,
calculate how long it will take. Throw in some rest stops to make it more
complicated.

7. On car trips, do the speedometer checks.

8. If you jump off the roof, figure how fast you'll be going when you
hit the ground.

9. Figure out the miles-per-gallon you're getting.

10. With a growing kid, you can have some fun measuring her height vs time,
and graphing it.