by John Ehrke | Nov 5, 2021 | Problem of the Week
Problem 7 – Keep Your Distance We have all seen the following graphic for how people should physically distance from one another during the COVID pandemic.A savvy math student will notice that this figure cannot possibly be correct. If everyone is standing in...
by John Ehrke | Oct 29, 2021 | Problem of the Week
Problem 6 – Jack O’ Squares Consider the following Jack-O-Grid of equally spaced Jack-O-Lanterns. How many squares are there, whose vertices are Jack-O-Lanterns in this grid? Solutions are due by 5:00 PM on Thursday, November 4th. Please submit all...
by John Ehrke | Oct 15, 2021 | Problem of the Week
Counting Squash or Smashing Pumpkins (if you are in to that sort of thing). A field contains 25 squash, each of which is either a pumpkin or a zucchini. There are more pumpkins than zucchini. If you go into the field and select two squash at random, the probability...
by John Ehrke | Oct 13, 2021 | Mu Sigma Events
Mu Sigma is hosting a lunch time colloquium with Dr. Karabegov delivering an address about the deep mathematical relationships present in the game of SET – a department favorite. Lunch will be served by the department/Mu Sigma at the event. Tentatively the...
by John Ehrke | Oct 8, 2021 | Problem of the Week
Given the following, find r. Solutions are due to mathpotw@acu.edu by 5:00 PM on Thursday, October 14. Blessings! No correct solutions were submitted. Solution
