Foxtrot Snowball PhysicsFoxtrot Snowball Physics

The Point of CalculusThe Point of Calculus

Levels of Infinity Levels of Infinity

Transfinite numbers 0 (aleph null): the level of infinity describing the

number of the set of rational numbers and all infinite subsets (integers, natural numbers, even numbers, etc.)

1: next “higher” level of infinity

2: even “higher” level of infinity

c: the level of infinity describing the number of all real numbers does c = 1??

Moebius StripMoebius Strip

StatisticsStatistics

Statistics prove that you can prove anything by statistics.

Anonymous

The 50 - 50 - 90 RuleThe 50 - 50 - 90 Rule

Anytime you have a 50 - 50

chance of getting something right,

there’s a 90% probability that

you’ll get it wrong.

Statisticians and ProbabilityStatisticians and Probability

Loaded DieLoaded Die

Pass the PigsPass the Pigs

SurveysSurveys

A recent survey measured how well today’s college students know American history. Researchers telephoned 556 randomly selected college seniors and asked them thirty-four multiple-choice questions. The students, as is traditional, did terribly. The researchers would have gotten basically the same results if they had surveyed 556 randomly selected carp. Of course you could argue that the survey was flawed, because only your truly stupid college students would remain on the phone while a stranger asked them thirty-four questions about American history. Intelligent college students would hang up and resume downloading music off the Internet.

Dave Barry

Car GradingCar Grading

He was grading papers on a curve!

Hear about the math

professor who was

in a car wreck?

Geek WatchGeek Watch

Foxtrot Cramming for Math FinalFoxtrot Cramming for Math Final

Foxtrot Math FinalFoxtrot Math Final

Fun WYTHE MathematicsFun WYTHE Mathematics

John GalloTidewater

Community College

jgallo@tcc.edu

Session: S134

Year: 2014

Day: Saturday, November 15

Time: 10:45 am

Room: Cheekwood G

Speaker: Gallo

Circle number: 4