NATHAN CHEN wins Gold but Figure Skating Scores can be BAD MATH

Nathan Chen, 22, USA, wins GOLD in the Men’s Figure skating with 5 brilliant, soaring quadruple jumps executed to perfection to Elton John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” and “Rocket Man.”

Nathan Chen’s Winning Performance on You tube HERE.

According to the fab NBC video, Mathletes,  nine Figure Skating judges score competitors for the complexity of each element (eg. Triple axel or triple spin jump) and the quality of the performance producing a score out of ten.

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir(Above) GOLD Medal performance at Pyeongchang 2018 here.

Kailani Craine, Australia

This is a typical figure skating score card for one competitor.

The final score, however, is based  on the average for only 5 of these scores. Two are eliminated by random selection (Red Brackets). Then the top and bottom scores are removed and the remaining five scores averaged.

Screen grab NBC Mathletes

……………………………………………………

Now consider the IDENTICAL SCORE CARDS

of Skater A & B:

Skater A:

Four scores are removed. Two by the random selector (in brackets) and then the top and bottom scores (with line drawn through them)

7.00 + 7.00 + 7.00 + 6.75 + 7.00

……………………………………..

=  34.75/ 5 = 6.95

Skater B:

Four scores are removed. Two by the random selector (in brackets) and then the top and bottom scores (with line drawn through them). But this time the random selector eliminates two low scores.

The average:

7.00 + 7.25 + 7.00 + 7.00 + 7.00

……………………………………..

=  35.25/ 5 = 7.05

Same score cards but Skater B gets a higher average score than Skater A.

Skater A is, in fact, beaten by a random number selector!!!!

22 Amazing Numbers for 2022

Answers Q 1 – 5 Here

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Answers Q 11 – 16 Here

Answers Q 17 – 22 Here

22 Amazing Numbers for 2022 … Answers Q 6 – 10

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22 Amazing Numbers for 2022 … Answers Q 17 – 22

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Maths in the Real World: 10 Attention Grabbers for Middle School

1. Smoke Jumpers: The Amazing Maths of wildfires

 

USA UNITS HERE

 

METRIC UNITS HERE

 

2. The Rolling Coin Paradox!!

ROLLING COIN PARADOX HERE

 

3. How barcodes work!

Barcode MATHS HERE

 

4. Pop Song Beats and Jogging

 

Pop Song Beats and Jogging MATHS HERE

 

5. Linear Math and Linear Drumming. It’s a thing!

 

Linear Math and Linear Drumming. HERE

 

6. Powers and the Loudest Rock Band in the World

Powers and the Loudest Rock Band MATHS HERE

 

7. Alcohol Kills! Calculate how much would kill you!

Alcohol Kills! MATHS HERE

 

8. Tall Tales: Is height the most important factor in sport?

Height in Sport maths: USA UNITS HERE

Height in Sport maths: METRIC UNITS HERE

 

9. Mmmmm! Chocolate. Yes! It can kill  you

Chocolate. Yes! It can kill  you MATHS HERE

 

10. Random Music? You think!

 

Random Music?MATHS HERE

The Lego Olympics 2020

Death by Chocolate for DOGS

Chocolate can be fatal to dogs. As dogs are small they can easily eat enough chocolate to kill them. According to The Royal Society of Chemistry

The National Geographic has an amazing interactive chart for dog poisoning by chocolate.

Terrifying Tennis Maths: The Speed of Novak Djokovic’s serve. METRIC

USA units post here.

Novak Djokovic is the No. 1 Seed in the Australian Open 2021.

His fastest serve = 219 kph

Could you return his serve? Do the maths!!!!!!

The ball leaves Djokovic’s racket and hits the ground 0.31 secs later.

Go here to see why this simplified calculation works! 

Mathspig tested her reaction time here. TRY IT!

Mathspig’s best, best, best reaction time = O.33 sec

The fastest serve EVER was delivered by Australian Sam Groth @ 263 kph.

That serve takes 0.25 sec to land on the other side of the court.

Terrifying Tennis Math: The Speed of Novak Djokovic’s serve. USA units

METRIC post here.

Novak Djokovic is the No. 1 Seed in the Australian Open 2021.

His fastest serve = 136 mph

Could you return his serve? Do the math!!!!!!

The ball leaves Djokovic’s racket and hits the ground 0.30 secs later.

Go here to see why this simplified calculation works! 

Mathspig tested her reaction time here. TRY IT!

Mathspig’s best, best, best reaction time = O.33 sec

The fastest serve EVER was delivered by Australian Sam Groth @163.4 mph. That serve takes 0.25 sec to land on the other side of the court.

 

King Kong Power Punch 2021 … Metric

USA units version here.

Silverback Gorilla stats here

Human anatomy weight % here.

Speed info here

Impact times for boxers here

Power comparisons here.