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More Odd, Unusual, and Strange Math Problems
16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Monday, October 16, 1911: Nothing new at school or at home. Read several stories after I had worked some problems. Still have some for...
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Has the Math Curriculum Been Dumbed Down?
16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Friday, January 5, 1912: It’s so cold now. How quickly the weather has changed. I didn’t mind it at all in school for the stove sent forth...
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Two Old Mental Math Tricks for Adding Fractions
17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Tuesday, September 24, 1912: It is raining now. I guess or was. Had an exam in Geometry. Took up Arithmetic today. Didn’t have to but I...
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Capacity (Volume) Word Problems
17-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Thursday, January 16, 1913: We had an examination in Geometry this morning. I think I will make a better mark than what I did the other...
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1913 Math Problems Designed to Motivate Students to Get an Education
18-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Tuesday, October 14, 1913: 10/13 – 10/17: Nothing worth writing about for these days. Don’t go any place or do anything of much importance....
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Hundred-Year-Old Rural Math Problems
18-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Wednesday, October 15, 1913: 10/13 – 10/17: Nothing worth writing about for these days. Don’t go any place or do anything of much...
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Firewood (Cordwood) Math Problems
19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Monday, July 13, 1914: I remember now what I did today, which wasn’t anything unusual. Source: Wikimedia Commons Her middle-aged...
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