More Rock Math.

Farmer Billy and Farmer Bob have patented their Billy-Bob rock weights and the corresponding rock algorithms. These have been enthusiastically adopted as the de facto standard for feed weighing by farmers everywhere. This allowed Billy and Bob to earn a comfortable living, although they are dismissed as crackpots by the rest of the world. All

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Rock Math.

We turn to a new topic this week. Farmer Billy had a special 40 pound rock that he used for weighing out 40lb sacks of grain. When Farmer Bob accidentally broke the rock, Farmer Billy was quite pleased. Math Circle OnlineSunday 27 October 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

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More Quadratic

This Sunday, we will complete our investigation of the Erratic Quadratic – can we solve quadratics without doing any arithmetic? Before the session, you should create a free account at Geogebra. Math Circle OnlineSunday September 29 7pm Look to email for login instructions.

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