If Two Trains Leave the Station…
If you’re looking for math with a dose of sarcasm, drop in at the Math Curmudgeon’s blog.
While bringing a math perspective into the current more-applicants-than-jobs teacher situation, the Curmudgeon notes that teachers who made the final cut had a test to take.
Then they were given a timed writing test to further demonstrate ability, which shows the school’s confidence in their resumes.
If you’d rather forget about the state of teacher employment and think about something else this long weekend, take a look at the math puzzle posted there instead.
This geometric city park is perfectly square with a square koi pond in the middle. There’s a circular walking path that is tangent to both squares at the indicated points. The pond is 3 feet deep. The area of the park is 4 acres.
What is the volume of the koi pond in gallons? (You’ll need to Google a few conversions.)
