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Math, Misc

Firecracker Magazine – A Sheep, A Wolf, And A Bag of Grain Puzzle

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Amelia was the first child to answer the Firecracker Magazine math puzzle correctly, so they will post her solution in the December issue of Firecracker!  Good job!

Firecracker Magazine, Dec 2012
Firecracker Magazine, Dec 2012

Amelia’s solution: “First you take the sheep across.  Then you take the wolf across, and on your way back you take the sheep.  Afterwards, you take the grain across and finally you bring the sheep.”

“From: Ella Levine
Sent: 11/20/2012 3:29 PM
To: –
Subject: Your solution is correct!

Dear Amelia:

You were the first person who submitted the correct solution to the math puzzle from the last issue of the Firecracker Forum. We are going to publish your solution in our December edition. If you would also like us to place your photo next to it, please email it it to us. The file has to be at least 800K.

Best regards,

—

The Firecracker Forum Team”

6th Grade, Projects, School, Science Fair

Project 7: My Social Network

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My Social Network – Graph

AUTHORS:  Bovril and Radiance

STATUS:Completed

This project is to develop a social network and submit it as a science fair project. The topics covered includes: social sciences (social network analysis), math (graph theory, statistics and matrix operations), and communication. Part of the objective will be to discover the alphas and cliques within a limited network of friends and acquaintances (no actual names will be used).

INTRODUCTION

People are, by nature, social animals.  This is of such importance that their connections and relationships, their social network, defines who they are.  Families, clubs, church groups and friend circles are examples of social networks.  In fact, any activity where people have to come together and do something as a group can become a social network.

Recently, many websites have been created to utilise the social nature of humans.  For example: Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon.com and Ebay and even Schoology, allow people to

  1. find each other
  2. share ideas
  3. share likes and dislikes
  4. share experiences and photos
  5. allow business to market their products

and so many more.

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