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This month's challenge problem...

How long do you think you would have to wait in the line shown here if you hold number 300?

Problem, hints and answers available from FigureThis.org.
Helpful Websites For All Students:

Math References and Resources

Biographies & Quotations
Allmath.com - Browse several mathematician biographies for brief descriptions.
Biographies of Women Mathematicians
Mathematician Biographies - Research by time period and view time lines and birthplace maps.
Math Biographies - Nice way to search for biographies.
Biography.com - Amazing collection of information on historic characters, including some video.
S9 Biographical Dictionary - Details are arranged into nice timelines.
PBS Biographies - Nice interactive biographies featured on PBS.

Atlases & Maps
FactMonster Atlas - Provides statistics to use for problems and projects.
National Atlas - Great maps to download and a fun interactive map that is easy to change.
National Geographic Map Machine - Nice tool with good map details and easy to use.
UT Austin Libraries - Maps - Great collection of maps from all over the world, ready for download.
Education Place - Outline Maps - Blank Outline Maps for download and use in the classroom.
CIA World Factbook Maps - World reference maps.
New York Times/Merriam-Webster's Atlas - Locate easy to read maps of countries and states.
Univ. of Iowa Maps Reference - A huge list of how to locate different maps to meet your needs.
Atlapedia - Nicely organized selection of maps with teacher resources.

Almanacs
FactMonster Almanac - Look in the Math section for detailed information on many math topics.
Baseball Almanac - Locate a host of statistics on baseball.
2006-7 Texas Almanac - Find real information to use for word problems about Texas.
Farmers Almanac - Check out the weather time machine to compare temperatures over time.
Kids Almanac Online - Provides state facts and figures for all 50 states.
The Old Farmers Almanac - More information on weather, calendars and time.
InfoPlease Almanac - Find statistics on People, Sports, Business, Arts & Entertainment and more.

Encyclopedias & Fact Books
CIA World Factbook - Up to date information on countries around the world.
Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition
HighBeam Encyclopedia
 
 

Directories & Search Engines
KidsClick! Reference Directory
Glossarist - Glossary Search
Internet Public Library Reference Directory
 
 
 
   

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