(12/28/97)                           

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MathMagic Cycle 26: Level K-3 Regular 

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Box Relations (Make sure you are using Courier or similar font)

Look at the rows of boxes below. Each box in a row is the same as all
others in that row.

+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
|   9    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        | 72
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|   8   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | 72
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
|  7   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      | 70
+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+

+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
|  6  |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     |     | 72
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+

+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
| 5  |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 70
+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+

+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
| 4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 72
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+

+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
|3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 72
+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+


What is the minimum amount of smaller boxes that you need to match one (or
more) of the big boxes? Make a table like this:  [2(9) means 2 nine boxes]

      | 8 boxes | 7 boxes | 6 boxes | 5 boxes | 4 boxes | 3 boxes |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
9 box |9(8)=8(9)|9(7)=7(9)|3(6)=2(9)|         |         |         |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
        8 box   |         |         |         |         |         |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
                   7 box  |         |         |         |         |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
                             6 box  |         |         |         |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
                                       5 box  |         |         |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+
                                                 4 box  |         |
      +---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+

How many boxes had the same numbers, just reversed? 
How many boxes had different numbers? 
What do you think are the numbers at the end of each row?
Using only the 3 boxes above (24), how many matches can you make with one or
more of the bigger boxes? Make a table to help your analysis.

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MathMagic Cycle 26: Level K-3 Advanced 

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A Bicycle in class???

A bet was made between the Betsy's Red Boxers team and Jorge's Teal
Sardines team regarding bicycles. Betsy's team says that the formula shown
                                                is correct. Jorge's team,
                            number of teeth     on the other hand, insists
        wheel revolutions    on wheel gear      that the right hand side of
        ----------------- = ----------------    the equation is upside down.
        pedal revolutions   number of teeth     
                             on pedal gear      To help them decide who is
                                                right, your team needs to
bring a bike to class, along with masking tape and a measuring tape. You'll
need to use these items to first compare wheel revolutions and pedal revolu-
tions (do you have enough measurements to predict a constant called GEAR
ADVANTAGE?)

You will want also to see relation between the number of teeth on the wheel 
gear and the number of teeth in the pedal gear. The cross product of the
data accumulated will prove Betsy's or Jorge's team correct.

Are the above advantages somewhat more complicated on the multi-speed bikes?
Perhaps you and your NTPs can challenge each other to set up an advantage
table for a five-speed!

Remember to write down your steps and conclusions.

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Good luck and best wishes for 1998
MrH