THERE’S A GOOD MATH PROBLEM IN THERE PAT RILEY HOPKINSVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (KY)

CLASSIC OR TRADITIONAL MATH PROBLEMS

LITERATURE Gulliver’s Travels “Then they measured my right thumb, and desired no more; for by a mathematical computation, that twice round the thumb is once round the wrist, and so on to the neck and the waist, and by the help of my old shirt, which I displayed on the ground before them for a pattern, they fitted me exactly.”

LITERATURE Harry Potter

LITERATURE Harry Potter Quidditch Pitch Ellipse 500 ft. long 180 ft. wide

LITERATURE The Tortoise and the Hare

BOARD GAMES Clue 6 Suspects / 6 Weapons / 9 Rooms # of possible solutions 3 card starting hands? # possible solutions left

GAME SHOWS The Price Is Right http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u26bVQzcn4o

TV SHOWS The Big Bang Theory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C32NCxz7KPA

TV SHOWS Seinfeld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1blsZxXDCU

TV SHOWS Man Vs. Food

TV SHOWS Man Vs. Food 50 Wings in 30 minutes What is the eating speed per wing? Wings per minute?

TV SHOWS Man Vs. Food

TV SHOWS Man Vs. Food

MOVIES Hercules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOKWJuMyw8E

MOVIES Men In Black 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3-VeaElwt8

MOVIES Ghostbusters

MOVIES The Fugitive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_cczIWvBq4

MOVIES Brewster’s Millions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svKq044qrYU

YouTube Videos iPhone Drop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VxA8A2TE8U

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