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2. Age of the captain - Wikipedia

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   More recently, a simpler version has been used to study how students react to word problems: A captain owns 26 sheep and 10 goats. How old is the captain? [4] Many children in elementary school, from different parts of the world, attempt to "solve" this nonsensical problem by giving the answer 36, obtained by adding the numbers 26 and 10.

3. Word problem (mathematics education) - Wikipedia

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   Word problem from the Līlāvatī (12th century), with its English translation and solution. In science education, a word problem is a mathematical exercise (such as in a textbook, worksheet, or exam) where significant background information on the problem is presented in ordinary language rather than in mathematical notation.

4. Mnemonics in trigonometry - Wikipedia

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   Signs of trigonometric functions in each quadrant. All Students Take Calculus is a mnemonic for the sign of each trigonometric functions in each quadrant of the plane. The letters ASTC signify which of the trigonometric functions are positive, starting in the top right 1st quadrant and moving counterclockwise through quadrants 2 to 4.

5. 10 Hard Math Problems That Even the Smartest People in the ...

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   Goldbach’s Conjecture. One of the greatest unsolved mysteries in math is also very easy to write. Goldbach’s Conjecture is, “Every even number (greater than two) is the sum of two primes ...

6. Exercise (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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   An artificially produced word problem is a genre of exercise intended to keep mathematics relevant. Stephen Leacock described this type: [1] The student of arithmetic who has mastered the first four rules of his art and successfully striven with sums and fractions finds himself confronted by an unbroken expanse of questions known as problems ...

7. List of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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   The fact that the triple-angle formula for sine and cosine only involves powers of a single function allows one to relate the geometric problem of a compass and straightedge construction of angle trisection to the algebraic problem of solving a cubic equation, which allows one to prove that trisection is in general impossible using the given tools.

8. No. 6 Duke routs Wofford 86-35 in bounceback game following ...

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   DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Tyrese Proctor scored 15 points and No. 6 Duke bounced back from its first loss of the season with an 86-35 victory over Wofford on Saturday, when the Blue Devils allowed ...

9. The best gifts to buy your grandkids — from babies to big ...

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   This 10' round one has a no-gap enclosure system including a protective net to help eliminate gaps. Bonus: a basketball hoop for hours of fun for everyone. $180 at Walmart.