This could be the title of a part of my math class routine to get students interested in doing a math problem. Not tricky or high tech, but meant to get them thinking. For example, for my first problem:
- Is it feasible for someone to shoot 1 million hoops in 1 year, if he/she only has 1 hour a day to commit to this activity? Please rationalize your answer.
I was listening to an NPR program about a guy who wanted to shoot a million free throws for charity, and he said in passing, '...do the math' and bam, I thought that would/might be something cool for students to solve. What are the logistics of this type of problem? How does doing a calculation about events that have not occurred translate into everyday society? We can attempt to answer the age old question, "when will I ever use this stuff, I mean really..."
