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	Predicting the number of fish in a lake		2018-09-16
		From April: A researcher catches 30 fish in a pond, attaches a marker to their fin and releases them. The next day she places a large net in the water and catches 9 fish. 3 have the marker attached to their fin. Can she predict the number of fish in the pond??? Thank you Answered by Penny Nom.
	The square root of a large number		2010-01-19
		From darlene: I understand the simple process, like 12 is the root to 144 but what happens when the number is 42563. Without a calculator how does a person figure this out during a timed test? Answered by Robert Dawson.
	Fertilizer in a bin		2009-02-03
		From Todd: Hello I am looking for a formula to figure out the fertilizer volume in a hopper bottom bin not only when it is full but part full as well. When you are filling it is heaped up in the middle to make a cone and when you are emptying the bin the cone is inverted so it would be nice to be able to quickly figure out the tonnes partly filled and when full. Lets say the bin is 32 feet high from top of bin where you fill to the bottom where the product goes out and it is 16 feet in diameter. I know how to calculate the cylinder it is the cones on the top and bottom of the bin I have the main question on. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Estimate the cube root of 270		2008-03-11
		From Tom: (a) By plotting suitable graphs, estimate to one decimal place the cube root of 270. (b) With reference to your answer to part (a), use 8 iterations of a Bisection Search to refine your estimate. Use the nearest whole numbers either side of your estimate from part (a) as starting values. (c) Using either of your starting values from part (b) as first guess, use the Newton-Raphson method to find the true value of the root (to 6 decimal places). Repeat using the other starting value from part (b) and compare the two results. Answered by Harley Weston.
	How many M&Ms are in a container?		2006-11-01
		From Jill: How do we algebraically figure out how many M&Ms are in a container? Answered by Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom.
	Estimating products by rounding		2006-09-24
		From Ann: my son is in the fifth grade and they are doing estimate products rounding both factors, he knows how to round off a decimal, but he is having a problem doing a decimal and a whole number for example 5.96x3=? He knows the 5.96 round off to 6. but what does the 3 round off to? Answered by Penny Nom.
	A sample size estimation		2005-12-03
		From Ivonne: I have to do a research about the behavior of library users. We are going to apply a survey to a population of 1280 students (Management an Economics students) but of course we have to do it to a sample....I need to know the size of my sample. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How many digits?		2005-06-07
		From Floren: The numbers 21989 and 51989 are written one after another. How many digits in all are there? Answered by Claude Tardif.
	50^99 and 99!		2005-05-23
		From Romel: Which number is greater, 5099 or 99! Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Which is smaller 2^175 or 5^75?		2005-05-18
		From Sarah: Which is smaller 2175 or 575? without using a calculator. Answered by Claude Tardif.
	Making a windmill		2004-01-02
		From Matthew: I am a farmer in Ontario. It has been almost 20 years since high school. I am toying with making a windmill. The output chart for the the old generator I have is shown below. Before I tear it appart I would like to develop a formula from the chart that can predict the output at various speeds. Answered by Penny Nom.
	How do you estimate the equation of a parabola?		2002-12-01
		From Audrey: How do you estimate the equation of a parabola? I have a project where a must find parabolas in magazines and then estimate their equation. Answered by Penny Nom.
	x 4 + x 5 = 100		2002-10-27
		From Bill: One of my students has stumped me. He asked how to solve the equation 4 x + 5 x = 100 All I can think of are graphing methods to get an approximate solution. What am I missing? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Dan is 4 inches taller than Mike.		2002-09-04
		From A parent: Dan is 4 inches taller than Mike. Together they are 8 feet 8 inches tall. How tall is each boy in feet and inches. Answered by Penny Nom.
	A sample size problem		2001-10-28
		From Charles: The U.S Transportation Dept. will randomly sample traffic reports to estimate the proportion of accidents involving people over the age of 70. The Dept. has no advance estimate of this proportion. how many reports should the dept select to be atleast 97% confident that the estimate is within .01 of the true proportion? Answered by Harley Weston.
	Linear regression		2001-08-01
		From A student and a mother: My mom is taking a correspondence course in Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis and we've been arguing about the relationship between the correlation -rxy and standard estimate of error-Sy.x. I took statistics last year in high school and I remember something about the Sy.x being proportionate to the r. Are they inversely related, directly related, not related, or can only range from 0 to 1.00? Her book doesn't say very much and I believe they are inversely related. She says they're directly related. Answered by Chris Fisher and Penny Nom.
	A confidence interval		2001-04-26
		From Kim: A poll asked 1528 adults if they were in favor of the death penalty, 1238 said yes, find 99% confidence level for percent of all adult who are in favor of the death penalty. Answered by Andrei Volodin.
	Estimating the time to complete a job		2000-12-03
		From Jack Hook: I'm a contractor and need to estimate how much time it will take me to do a specific job. A previous job I did was 6,480.16 Square Feet and I was able to paint it in 31.5 hours. In estimating my next job, how many hours will it take me to paint 11,000 Sqare Feet. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Estimates		2000-04-11
		From Sue Jordan: I am looking for examples of estimates for underestimating and overestimating. When would you do each one. For my child age 11 6th grade. Answered by Penny Nom.
	Number sense		2000-02-17
		From A college student: I am a college student and I am to answer the following question: Describe ways of telling by simple inspection when a fraction has a value close to 0; close to 1/2; and close to 1. I am to imagine that I am a 3rd grader answering this question. Any thoughts please? Answered by Penny Nom.
	Estimating the population mean		1999-11-13
		From John Barekman: Statitistics: Estimating the population mean when the standard deviation is known: I am not sure which n to use in the formula for the confidence interval equation: x +/- z*(standard deviation/sqrt(n)) If we have data of ten people, and if we have the data of ten sets of ten people each, what is the difference in the n that we use? What is the difference between the standard deviation and the standard error? Are we using the number of sampling means or just the number of samples? Answered by Harley Weston.
	The bricklayers formula		1998-11-24
		From Rachel Kaplan: I have to do a report on the bricklayers formula N = 7LH. Can you give me any information on this. Answered by Harley Weston.
	Approximating roots.		1996-11-04
		From Ben Dixon: How do you calculate a square root? eg the square root of 2. There is obviously some sort of successive approximation type algorithm for doing it to however many decimal places is required, but what is the algorithm? Answered by Harley Weston.

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