Washington Mathematics Official Publication of the Washington State Mathematics Council December 2006/January 2007 Volume 49, Number 2

Selected offerings from Washington Mathematics

Articles and other items of interest

• WSMC Board of Directors
• President’s Message
• WSMC Calendar
• WSMC Board members
• Actions needed to Improve Mathematics
• Elementary Corner, Names in Math (Number Sense, Statistics)
• Middle School Corner, Pythagorean Puzzle (Geometric Sense)
• High School Corner, The Birthday Paradox (Probability).
• Birthday Math Factoids (Number Sense)
• Using the Newspaper to Teach Math (Connections)
• Snow Facts (Geometric Sense, Number Sense)
• Measuring Snow (Measurement)
• OSPI Updates
• Dazzling Data, TV, Physicians, & Life Expectancy (Statistics)
• Thinker Dinkers, The Skating Elvises (Reasoning)
• Number Fun, Sudoku (Number Sense, Problem Solving)
• Math Game, Hexagon (Geometric Sense)
• Math History, Addition and Subtraction Symbols (Connections)
• Interactive Math Applet, Base Ten Blocks (Connections)
• NCTM guidelines to Help Schools Home In on Essentials of Math
• NCTM reports, Representation—Show Me the Math!
• Web Bytes
• Folding Paper in Half 12 Times (Algebraic Sense)
• Tips by Math Teachers (Number Sense)
• Math Olympiad
• Hindu Arabic Numbers (Connections)
• When the snow is as high as an elephant (Measurement, Number Sense, Problem Solving)
• Salute (Number Sense)
• Problem Solving and the Sports Page (Connections, Problem Solving)
• Algebra, Fun with Calendars (Number Sense, Algebraic Sense)
• PAEMST Awards
• Results in Numerical Illiterates, and What We Can Do About It
• Rita Lowe Scholarship for Professional Development
• WSMC Awards
• WSMC Publication Order Forms
• WSMC Membership Forms