Money Palindromes During my last visit to the grocery store, I paid $13.31–a palindrome centered on the period. What is the probability of having to pay an amount that is a palindrome centered on the period? The best answer to this somewhat vague question submitted to dhousman@goshen.edu will win a…
MATH + LEAD = SERVE Answer MATH + LEAD = SERVE. Chaim Hodges found the solution 8279 + 5324 = 13603, and went on to state, “This single solution also gives rise to 3 other solutions. Swapping the value of D and H, L and M and permutations of that.” …
MATH + LEAD = SERVE MATH + LEAD = SERVE. After 34 weeks without, we offer an alphanumeric puzzle in honor of this year’s GC core value focus. Make the first sentence arithmetically true by assigning a different digit to each different letter. Someone who submits a correct solution to…
Amy DeCelles is Patricia Oakley's sabbatical replacement for 2011-2012.
Chaim Hodges explored envy-free allocations in inheritance problems.
Chaim Hodges, Emily Fretz, and Andy Clemens participated in the 2011 Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
Chaim Hodges, Bruck Mulat, and Andrew Clemens competed April 8 as one of twenty-eight teams in the 2011 Indiana Colleges Mathematics Contest.
Senior math major Sarah Rody to present "Fractal Music" at the 13th annual Student Research Symposium.
Three students represented Goshen College in the 71st William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
Selling a house We close the semester with a question from the 1869-70 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entrace Examination. By selling a house and lot for $5,790, the owner lost 3 1/2 per cent. What was their cost?
