Math in Restaurants: See how the teams solved the challenge
The teams use lines of best fit to predict avocado prices for the coming year. Then, based on their predictions and Sue Torres’s rule of thumb, each team recommends a menu price for guacamole....
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Sue Torres, chef and owner of the restaurant Sueños, talks about her career, and challenges the teams to predict avocado prices for the next year, then use their predictions to recommend a menu price...
View ArticleMath in Videogames: See how the teams solved the challenge
The teams use algebra to save their spaceship in the Asteroids game created by Julia Detar of Arkadium. .video-wrap {position: relative; padding-bottom: 62.5%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap iframe...
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Julia Detar, a videogame designer who creates online games for the company Arkadium, describes how she got involved in the gaming world, gives an introduction to the math in computer programming...
View ArticleMath in Fashion: See how the teams solved the challenge
The student teams used algebra to modify Chloe Dao’s garment design to meet the target price required by the buyer. .video-wrap {position: relative; padding-bottom: 62.5%; margin-bottom: 1em;}...
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Chloe Dao, fashion designer and winner of season two of Project Runway, talks about her career as a fashion designer, explains how she uses math to make her designs a reality, and introduces a...
View ArticleMath in Music: See how the teams solved the challenge
The teams use algebra to match the tempo of an electronic drum track to the tempo of an instrumental sample created by DobleFlo. .video-wrap {position: relative; padding-bottom: 62.5%; margin-bottom:...
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Manny Dominguez and Luis Lopez of DobleFlo talk about how their duo got started, how they use math in producing hip-hop music, and set up a music-related algebra challenge. .video-wrap {position:...
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This brief video introduces the professionals who will pose real-world math challenges connected to their work and the students who will tackle the challenges. .video-wrap {position: relative;...
View ArticleMusic Video for Get the Math
This animated video features music by DobleFlo, the hip-hop duo that appears in Get the Math. .video-wrap {position: relative; padding-bottom: 62.5%; margin-bottom: 1em;} .video-wrap iframe {position:...
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