The Elementary Mathematician Vol 3 Num 1 Spring 1989
The Elementary Mathematician, COMAP's award-winning K-6 newsletter is available for the first time in electronic format…
Mind Your Own Business
In this Pull-Out, students explore strategies that could make the difference between whether or not a business is succe…
Peak-Frequency Responses and Tuned Mass Dampers-Exciting Applications of Systems of Differential Equations
Abstract We present two applications of systems of ordinary differential equations concerning excitation of a structur…
Difference Equations: A Gentle Introduction To Differential Equations
A differential equation (D.E.) is an equation containing one or more independent variables, functions, and derivatives…
The Lemma Dilemma
Various proofs in the history of mathematics have necessitated an incredible number of steps. Some, because of step si…
The Blood Testing Problem
Suppose that you have a large population you wish to test for a certain characteristic in their blood or urine (for ex…
The Traffic Flow Problem
Everyone has at some time been on a multi-lane highway and encountered road construction that required the traffic to…
The Hot Dog Stand Location Problem
A map shows the walking paths and dormitories in a section of campus and the approximate distances (in 100 feet) betwe…
The Suez Canal
In the Suez Canal Problem, we consider the real-world, multimillion dollar question of traffic flow through the Suez C…
Game Theory Models of Animal Behavior (UMAP)
This unit is an introduction to elementary game theory and some of its applications to evolutionary biology. The concep…
Climate Change and the Daily Temperature Cycle (UMAP)
This module constructs differential equations models of the daily temperature cycle on atmosphere-free planets and on p…
Linear Programming in Two Dimensions: I (UMAP)
This module introduces a variety of linear programming problems and describes in detail a graphical method for solving…
Distribution of Resources (UMAP)
The people and the nations of the world own many resources: money, land, energy, food, oil, etc. One of the most import…
Shortest Paths (GeoMAP)
Robots like SARAH, a robot that performs neurosurgical procedures, often use graph theory to make decisions about where…
Shortest Paths - Teacher's Notes (GeoMAP)
Robots like SARAH, a robot that performs neurosurgical procedures, often use graph theory to make decisions about where…
Windchill (UMAP)
This module develops formulas for heat loss and wind chill in both metric and English units. Table of Contents: INTR…
Evaluating and Analyzing Probabilistic Forecasts (UMAP)
This module presents an analysis of the quality of probabilistic forecasts, such as weather forecasting and sporting ev…