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Hogsheads of Rum

Two merchants, A and B, loaded a ship with 500 hhds (hogsheads) of rum; A loaded 350 hhds, and B the rest; in a storm the seamen were obliged to throw overboard 100 hhds; how much must each sustain of the loss?

Review of Agora
The movie Agora, about the mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 400 AD), is spectacular and intriguing but Hypatia should be portrayed as the hero she was.
Benjamin Banneker's Inscribed Equilateral Triangle
An interesting problem from Banneker's notebook as well as other problems to use with students.
Why It Pays to Learn Math

In order to encourage his son in the study of arithmetic, a father agrees to pay him 8 pennies for every problem solved correctly and to charge him 5 pennies for each incorrect solution.

Historic Women of Mathematics
Poster picturing five famous women, from Hypatia to Grace Hopper.
An Acute Problem

Having been given the lengths, a and b, of two straight lines drawn from the acute angles of a right triangle to the middle of the opposite sides, determine the length of those sides.

Using Problems from the History of Mathematics
Why should we use historical problems in today's classroom? This article answers that question and serves as an introduction to the problems on this website.
Joint Study Conference on Statistics Education
This is an invited working conference as part of the ICMI Study Series.
The Archimedes Website

This website devoted to miscellanea about Archimedes contains much interesting material about his life and times.

HOM SIGMAA 2011 Student Paper Contest Winners

Download the three winning essays to learn about Kepler's mathematical astronomy, the roots of modern algebra, and the Quadrivium of Isidore of Seville.

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