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Equilateral |
2001-01-25 |
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A student pose la question :
I AM 9 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE HOMEWORK. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS A EQUILATERAL SQUARE.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Rotation |
2001-01-25 |
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A student pose la question :
If I have a rectangle 2inches long and 4 inches wide and I rotate the rectangle 45 degrees will the length still be 2 inches?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Conversions |
2001-01-24 |
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Tanya pose la question :
I have 2 questions - covert 628 kilometers to miles.(round off your answer to two decimal places.)
- a new clerk in your office is to earn $200 per week. If she works 30.5 hours each week, what is her hourly rate? (round off your answer to the nearest hundreth, that is, to the nearest cent.)
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Building a circular silo |
2001-01-24 |
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Natasha pose la question :
We wish to build a circular silo with internal diameter 10 feet. How much concrete will we need to pour the foundation, if we only need a 1 foot wide and 1 foot deep ring on which the silo walls will sit? Assume the 4 inch thick silo wall rests on the middle of the ring.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Factoring |
2001-01-24 |
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Danielle pose la question :
4(x+1)2+y(x+1)
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Factoring a trinomial |
2001-01-24 |
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Kyle pose la question :
I am an eighth grade student.I can not figure out the following problem. 4x2 + 2x - 20
Leeanne Boehm lui répond. |
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14, with 5 ODD numbers |
2001-01-23 |
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Robyn Ernst pose la question :
How can you get 14, with 5 ODD numbers?
Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Cincinnati to Winston-Salem |
2001-01-23 |
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Belinda pose la question :
Joan Bedney travels from Cincinnati to Winston-Salem at an average rate of 40 miles per hour and returns at an average rate of 60 miles per hour. What is her average speed for the trip?
Leeanne Boehm and Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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1 + 1 = 1 |
2001-01-23 |
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Stephanie pose la question :
My friend has this as a bonus question the other day and I want to figure it out. I don't know how 1+1 in any form could equal 1. Please let me know how you come about geting that.
Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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7x6 by doubling |
2001-01-23 |
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A student pose la question :
Can you think of a way to use doubling to multiply 6x7?
Allen Herman lui répond. |
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What number from 1 to 25 has the most factors? |
2001-01-23 |
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John pose la question :
What number from 1 to 25 has the most factors?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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0,2,3,6,7,1,9,4,5,8 |
2001-01-23 |
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Tami pose la question :
What is the sequence of the numbers 0,2,3,6,7,1,9,4,5,8
Claude Tardif lui répond. |
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Some algebra |
2001-01-23 |
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Thomas pose la question :
If a is 4 more than the quotient of b and 3, and if b=2, then what is the value of a?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The sum of the angles in a polygon |
2001-01-23 |
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A student pose la question :
What is the sum of the measures (interior angles) in an octagon ... heptagon ... decagon.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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The hypotenuse of a right triangle |
2001-01-22 |
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Phillipe pose la question :
How do you find the hypotenuse of a right triangle?
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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