Monthly Archives: March 2018

Happy Pi Day!

March 14 is Pi Day! A day to celebrate this mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, Pi Day is also a chance to make pi fun for students with activities, problems and even pi poems. … Continue reading

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Math at the Winter Olympics

If you were paying attention, there was plenty of math at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea, like the degrees attributed to rotations for skiers and snowboarders (think Chloe Kim’s 1080 spins) or the hundredth of a second margin in … Continue reading

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The CUNY Math Challenge: Win up to $1,000!

The CUNY Math Challenge aims to reward CUNY’s best math talent. Regardless of your major, if you are a CUNY undergraduate student and enjoy doing math problems, this contest is for you!  The contest starts March 12, 2018 and finalists … Continue reading

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