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22 Amazing Numbers for 2022
January 6, 2022
22 Amazing Numbers for 2022 … Answers Q 1 – 5
January 6, 2022Ref: New York Post
REf: Hoop Addict
Ref:Interview on I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin podcast.
Ref: Healthline

22 Amazing Numbers for 2022 … Answers Q 6 – 10
January 6, 2022
22 Amazing Numbers for 2022 … Answers Q 11 – 16
January 6, 2022
Young, drunk, dead: How the silly season kills!
December 13, 2021In 2020, according to the annual, independent Global Drug Survey, Australians were drunk more often than any other country in the survey. Melissa Cunningham reported in The Age (How to cure a hangover!, 11 DEC 2021) that Australians admitted being drunk 27 times a year, compared with the global average of 15.
Naturally, a lot of this drinking takes place during the Christmas holidays or the Silly Season. Unfortunately, it appears to be the SILLY SEASON all year round in Australia.
Data from 32,022 people from 22 countries were used in the preparation of this Global Drug Survey
For binge drinking stats
See Dangerous Maths: Young, drunk, dead.
LINK: National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre data
- UK 15-34 years for 2011. Source
- Australia 15-24 years average Source
- CANADA Under 18 years of age. 1996 It is believed that as many as 83 percent of teenagers in Canada consume alcohol. Back in 1996, underage drinking was responsible for 3,500 deaths and 2,000,000 injuries. A 2002 survey found that 20 percent of eight graders had consumed alcohol within the previous month. Source
- USA. 4,358 people under age 21 die each year from alcohol-related car crashes, homicides, suicides, alcohol poisoning, and other injuries such as falls, burns, and drowning. Source

FREAKY FRIDAY: Surd & Absurd Maths Word Maze UK edition
October 25, 2021PDF file: 1. Crazy math maze work sheet 1 UK
PDF file: 2. Crazy math maze work sheet 2 UK
CRAZY MATHS MAZE WORKSHEET ANSWER
PDF file: 3. Crazy math maze work sheet ANS UK

MET GALA MATHs for Middle School
September 16, 2021There is a lot of middle school maths in fashion from design, to fabrication to costing. But it’s much more fun to see some of the maths in the NY MET GALA outfits.
More on the Wedding Train drag maths here.
More on killer heels here.
6. Find suit pattern information here.
Some of these images came from the fab coverage of the MET GALA at Vogue
Do teachers need fashion help? Funny post here

2D Random Walk or doing the Bell Curve Shuffle
July 28, 2021This is the best Middle School Probability outdoor exercise EVER!
Equipment:
1 coin per student.
Instructions:
In the schoolyard, students move back and forward with the flip of a coin. Must be a good flip. This exercise works best with a grid drawn on the schoolyard in chalk, perhaps. (See pic below) If possible film the exercise from above.
Now here are lots of people doing this 2D random Walk on Wall St. The results are totally amazing.
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Watch for the Bell Curve. It’s AWESOME.
This video was made by The National Museum of Mathematics NY.
Check out their Squared wheeled bike here.

Real World Maths: Decimal Places + Spotify
August 27, 2020Here (below) is the fabulous Melbourne group, Syzygy.
Released Today their fabulous album, The Pendulum.
Really. Listen.
Mathspig lervs this music and also the ‘mathsy’ album cover too!!!!
But how much money do musicians earn via streaming services like Spotify?
The following information can be found at Business Insider.
What do you think mathspiggies? Is this fair?
If a group managed 20 million streams, which would be sensational, what would they earn?