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Participation in the Trig/Calculus Problems of the Week allows teachers and students to address the NCTM Problem Solving Standard for Grades 9-12, enabling students to build new mathematical knowledge through problem solving; solve problems that arise in mathematics and in other contexts; apply and adapt a variety of appropriate strategies to solve problems; and monitor and reflect on the process of mathematical problem solving.

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Let the Sunshine In - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the dimensions of a window designed to let in the maximum amount of sunshine. ... more>>

Making Money at the Movies - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. How much should the manager of a theater raise his prices in order to maximize his profit? ... more>>

Managing a Mall - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find how many square feet there are in a quadrilateral-shaped store. ... more>>

My Hot Chocolate is Too Hot! - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Use Newton's Law of Cooling to determine how long it will take for your hot chocolate to cool. ... more>>

My Snow-Shoveling Business - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Determine the number of customers needed to maximize the revenue for a snow-shoveling business. ... more>>

Needles and Lines - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 5. Use trigonometry and calculus to find the probability of a needle touching a line. ... more>>

Nice Shot, Robin Hood! - Sara Aucoin, Marcie Sawyer, Pattie Draper
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Answer some questions about the flight of Robin Hood's arrow. ... more>>

The Ninja Mission - Steve Earth
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Find the measurement of a spike's angle, given the star's perimeter. ... more>>

One Area - Many Solutions - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the area of a triangle given the coordinates of its vertices. ... more>>

The Oval Braided Rug - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the area of a shaded portion of an ellipse. ... more>>

Painting the Sine Curve - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Find the length of the sine curve that would fill a 6-ft by 100-ft rectangle. ... more>>

A Parabola Proof - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Prove that the area of a parabola is 2/3 the product of its width and height. ... more>>

Pete's Predictions - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Verify the formula for finding the maximum height of a ball thrown upward. ... more>>

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Find the ratio of the area of the overlapping region to the area of non-overlapping regions of two circles. ... more>>

Pie Puzzler - Paul Robinson
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Where should a pie wedge be cut to divide it into two pieces having the same area? ... more>>

Preparing for the Test - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the original three numbers in an arithmetic sequence. ... more>>

A Problematic Pizza - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the area of a specific region of a circle based on given information. ... more>>

Product Max - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the maximum value for two numbers whose sum is a. ... more>>

Rationals and Irrationals - Asher Walkover
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Can you sum two irrationals and get a rational? Can you take an irrational number to an irrational power and get a rational? ... more>>

A Rhyming Riddle - John Allard, Carlton Shedrick, Donnie Sartwell
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Find the solutions for x and y in an exponential equation. ... more>>

Rolle's Theorem Rediscovered - John Feminella
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Prove the Mean Value theorem. ... more>>

The Seal of Dalvek - Steve Earth
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Discover the area of a circular segment based upon its circumference. ... more>>

A Sequence of Logs - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. If you have a geometric sequence and take its log, what type of sequence is formed? ... more>>

Sharing the Car - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Use matrices to figure out how much each person contributes to the cost of a car. ... more>>

Shipping Packages - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the maximum volume of a box based on the given information. ... more>>

Simple Signals - Lisa Lavelle
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 1. Determine the distance between Erin and Joey as well as how far Joey has travelled in "Perpendicular City." ... more>>

Skiing in Vermont - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. How far must you ski and what does your heading need to be for you to return to your starting point? ... more>>

A Sprinkling of Dust - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the length of the Cantor Set after n iterations. ... more>>

The Square and the Line - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 1. Find the equation of the line that will split a unit square into two pieces that have equal areas. ... more>>

Squares Inside Squares - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Find the sum of the perimeters of three nesting squares. Imagine that the process of nesting squares continues forever. The sum of the perimeters approaches a finite number. What is that number? ... more>>

Stonybrooke River Bridge - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Based on given information, find the distance across a river. ... more>>

The Supermarket Shelf - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. What is the optimal shelf height in the supermarket? ... more>>

The Super-Ultra-Mega-Big Cup - Alvirne High School Calculus Class
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. What is the minimum cost to make a cup based on given information? ... more>>

The Super Yard XT - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 1. Based on information about the area of a regular polygon-shaped play yard, find the length of one of the walls of the yard. ... more>>

The Suspension Bridge - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Determine the length of a parabola-shaped cable on a suspension bridge. ... more>>

Swimming Sea Turtles - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Using latitude and longitude data collected from three sea turtles, determine how far each turtle is from its starting position. ... more>>

Tangents and Slopes - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Use the tangent ratio to show that the product of the slopes of two perpendicular lines is -1. ... more>>

That's A Lot of Rock! - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Find the volume of a tunnel through a mountain. ... more>>

Time to Make the Doughnuts - David Turner
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Find the radius of a doughnut with center at (0, 10) and a volume of 3158 cubic centimeters. ... more>>

The Triangle Inside an Angle - Ramani Jv
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 5. Based on the given information, find the area of the smallest triangle contained within an angle. ... more>>

Triangles, Sines, and Areas - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Show that the area of any triangle is .5*b*c*sin(A). ... more>>

The Unit Circle Triangle - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the area of the largest right triangle in the first quadrant of the unit circle. ... more>>

Up, Up, and Away (Part II) - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Find the compass setting required to send a balloon on the shortest route from Honolulu, Hawaii, to Essex Junction, Vermont. ... more>>

Up, Up, and Away (Part I) - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Can you determine the shortest distance a balloon could travel from Essex Junction, Vermont, to Honolulu, Hawaii? ... more>>

Vehicle Value - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 2. Find the future value of a car based on its current price and initial selling price. ... more>>

Vinnie Valentine's Mix-Up - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. What is the probability of getting exactly 10 out of 20 valentines to the correct person? ... more>>

What Is My Dimension? - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 4. Find the fractal dimension of the Koch curve. ... more>>

Where Did It Come From? - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Find the three fractions that produce a given sum. What is a unit fraction? ... more>>

Where in the World is Essex Junction? - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. How far is Essex Junction, Vermont, from the equator? ... more>>

Where Is Whitehall? - Leigh Nataro
teacher support active problem Trig/Calc, difficulty level 3. Find the distance from Whitehall, Pennsylvania, to the equator. ... more>>

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