Washington Mathematics Official Publication of the Washington State Mathematics Council October/November 2006 Volume 49, Number 1

Selected offerings from Washington Mathematics

Articles and other items of interest

• WSMC Board of Directors
• President’s Message
• WSMC Calendar
• WSMC Regions
• Past Board Members, WSMC
• MathNexus
• Outstanding Male Math Educator Award, 2006
• Elementary Corner, Many Ideas (Number Sense)
• Middle School Corner, Bungee M&Ms (Problem Solving)
• High School Corner, Knit Theory Hyperbolic Space (Geometric Sense)
• Why You Should Choose Math in High School
• Math Study Strategies
• Mental Math Tips, Division and Multiplying by 9 (Number Sense)
• OSPI Updates
• Dazzling Data, Rise and Set for the Sun (Statistics)
• Thinker Dinkers, Snacking (Reasoning)
• Number Fun, Sudoku (Number Sense, Problem Solving)
• Math Game, Number Families (Number Sense)
• Math History, Quotations by Albert Einstein (Connections)
• Interactive Math Applet, Speed Grid Challenge (Number Sense)
• Opportunities
• NCTM Reports, It All Begins– Right Now!
• Web Bytes
• Preparing ALL Students for the 21st Century
• Helping Children Learn Mathematics
• Organizing Baseball Salary Data (Connections and Statistics)
• Chinese Numbers and China by the Numbers
• Starting School
• Articles of Washington Mathematics
• MathCounts (Problem Solving in all strands)
• 45th Annual 2006 NW Mathematics Conference, Victoria B.C
• OCTM Books
• WSMC Publication Order Forms
• WSMC Membership Forms