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	Conditional probabiity		2001-01-22
		From Wallace Yang: A pair of six-sided fair dice is thrown. Find the probability that the sum is 10 or greater if it is given that a 5 appears on at least one of the dice. Answered by Penny Nom and Claude Tardif.
	Square feet and cubic feet		2001-01-21
		From Jenny: How do I convert square feet to cubic feet? If I have 2000 square feet then how many cubic feet do I have? Answered by Harley Weston.
	25% mark up		2001-01-20
		From Vivian: If it costs me $100.00 to manufacture an item and I want to sell it at a 25% mark up, why do I get different answers when I perform the operation the following ways? 1. $100.00 x 25% = $25.00 $100.00 + $25.00 - $125.00 2. $100.00 / .75 = $133.334 Should these two not be equal? Answered by Penny Nom and Claude Tardif.
	A prism		2001-01-18
		From Nigel Ayling: What is the mathematical definition of a prism, I am confused by the following definitions as they appear to be contradicto... Answered by Walter Whiteley.
	Proportionality: direct and indirect		2001-01-18
		From Nancy Ellis: What is the difference between directly proportional and indirectly proportional? Answered by Leeanne Boehm.
	More repeating decimals		2001-01-17
		From Alan: I am neither a math teacher nor a student, but I hope you will consider my question anyway. I recently was discussing repeated decimals with a friend, and went on the web to find out more about a pattern was looking for years ago. In doing so I came upon your correspondence on repeating decimals. . . . Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	Greatest common factor		2001-01-17
		From A teacher: I'm a teacher at a local Middle School and I would like the answers for the following questions. What is the greatest common factor for.. 546 and 780 156 and 732 . . . Answered by Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom.
	Motivators		2001-01-16
		From Michelle Stapley: Do you know of any (or where I can find) student motivators for math at the secondary level? Basically any way I can motivate my students to WANT to learn math. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A problem with distance		2001-01-16
		From A student: For what values of a is the distance between P(a, 3) and Q(5, 2a) greater than the square root of 26. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some complex problems		2001-01-15
		From Nick: I am having enormous difficulty with one question in my maths homework. The question is shown below. If anybody out there can find the answers and show the workings and help me to understand. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Polynomials and exponents		2001-01-15
		From A student: I am duing a project in math on polynomials and exponents. I need a real life usage of polynomials and exponents for my project. Answered by Penny Nom.
	The path of a cannonball		2001-01-15
		From A student: Artillerymen on a hillside are trying to hit a target behind a mountain on the other side of a river. Their cannon is at (x, y) = (3, 250) where x is in kilometers and y is in meters. The target is at (x, y) = (-2, 50). In order to avoid hitting the mountain on the other side of the river, the projectile from the cannon must go through the point (x, y) = (-1, 410). Write the equation for the problem. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Some terms in a sequence		2001-01-15
		From jamie: Please help as soon as possible! i am stuck with some terms in a sequence. the terms are 1st term=1, 2nd term=10, 3rd term=35, 4th term=84, 5th term=165, 6th term=286. can anyone tell me the formula for the nth term? n is term number Answered by Sukanta Pati.
	Arranging some numbers		2001-01-14
		From Denise: Arrange the following numerals in two groups of four each so that each group will add to give the same sum. 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 Answered by Penny Nom anf Claude Tardif.
	Exponents		2001-01-14
		From A student: I am wondering if a number raised to the second power is "squared" and a number raised to the third power is "cubed" is there a name for any number raised to any other power. Answered by Harley Weston.

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