Time and Motion Study
You are a new Industrial Engineering Technician, working for Bates Manufacturing. The marketing department has decid...
The Long View Calculating What You'll Need in Order to Retire
Perhaps as a student you are now 16, 18, or 20 years of age. It may be that some day you will begin your earning yea...
Earthquakes and Logarithms
One thinks of an earthquake as a sudden motion or trembling in the earth caused by an abrupt release of accumulated ...
Apples, Oranges, and Interest Rates
How many times have you heard the expression, Don't compare apples and oranges? I'm sure that your mathematics teach...
The Rise and Fall of the Individual Batting Average
Yes, it is that time of the year again - the start of the major league baseball season! Every April ignites that ann...
Geometry and Roof Framing
The primary function of a roof is to protect the house and occupants from weather. Roof construction should be strong...
Testing for Steroid Use: When Can You Save Money by Pooling Samples?
The activities in this issue's Pull-Out explore the question, "When can you expect to save money by pooling two ster...
Alcohol and Your Body
This lesson presents a mathematical model of how alcohol is eliminated from the body. The mathematical focus is on g...
Mathematics and the Apollo 11 Flight to the Moon
On a summer day in 1969, America launched a new adventure in space. Apollo 11 blasted off into orbit around Earth at...
A Mathematical Model of a National Economy
An interesting area of applied mathematics is the field of economics. In macroeconomics, models of a national econom...
Mathematical Modeling and Dynamical Systems
The theory of dynamical systems is applied to problems in many disciplines. Let's take a specific example from biolog...
Mathematics and the City Water Tower
Many cities store water in towers and from these towers they run water through pipes into houses, stores, and factor...
The Super Apple Collider
The following is a revision of a classic story that has been told to millions of students. A hunter at point A aims ...
Polling Pitfalls
In 1936, the famous magazine Literary Digest, distributed over 10 million mail-in ballots to assess voter preference...
The Mathematics of Bond Pricing and Interest Rate Risk
According to the Securities Industry Association, investors lost one trillion dollars in bonds in 1994. The total lo...
Buying a Car, Now or Later
An interesting activity for high-school mathematics scholars is to find, correct, and analyze errors. Much of mathem...
A PERT Answer
Have you ever been involved in a project where it seems like there are a million things to do and they all depend on...
The Monte Carlo Method and Random Number Generators
From The New York Times: "Monte Carlo Simulation, named for Monaco's famous gambling casino, can help to represent v...
Geometry While You Wait
Have you ever waited at the gas pump while filling your gas tank? Did you pass the time by fiddling with the gas-tan...
Mathematics and the Stock Market
Why do people invest in stocks? It's obvious - to make money. Many Americans realize that it is their responsibility ...
The Wandering Sunset
Doesn't the sun always set due west on the horizon? Actually, the sun sets in the west only on two days of each year:...
Latitude and Longitude
The question of one's exact location on the face of the earth has intrigued humankind for thousands of years. Locatio...
The Utility of Insurance
Students explore utility theory through the expense of car insurance.
Comparing Taxed, Tax-Deferred, and Tax-Sheltered Investments
It is said that the average American family is two paychecks away from having inadequate funds for food and shelter. ...
The Dynamics of Falling Dominoes (UMAP)
As everyone knows, a row of dominoes, all standing on edge, will undergo a cascade when the first domino is tipped. B...
Optimal Staffing at the Baltimore City Fire Department (UMAP)
The Baltimore City Fire Department provides fire suppression and emergency medical services for the citizens of Balti...
Consortium 88, Spring/Summer 2005
Table of Contents: FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK Looking Ahead MATH TODAY Mathematics Helps Sort Out Our Genes GEOME...
UMAP Journal 26.2 Summer 2005 Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL Where Else to Publish SPECIAL SECTION ON THE ICM Results of the 2005 Interdisciplin...
Consortium 89, Fall/Winter 2005
Table of Contents: FROM THE PUBLISHER'S DESK Mathmodels.org HiMCM NOTES College Advisors for High School Modeli...
UMAP Journal 26.3 Fall 2005 Edition - The 2005 MCM Contest Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL Back to the Future About This Issue (and Others to Come) SPECIAL SECTION ON THE MCM...
UMAP Journal 26.4 Winter 2005 Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL Project INTERMATH-Not Just ILAPs ARTICLES Pointillism via Linear Programming A Revo...
UMAP / ILAP Modules 2004 - 2005: Tools for Teaching
Table of Contents: INTRODUCTION UMAP MODULES 786 Wind Turbine Power Coefficient Optimization 787 Using Fractals to ...
Consortium 90, Spring/Summer 2006
Table of Contents: FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK On the Move HISTORICAL NOTES With Compass & Straightedge in Hand ...
UMAP Journal 27.2 Summer 2006 Edition
Table of Contents: EDITORIAL HIV: The Math SPECIAL SECTION ON THE ICM Results of the 2006 Interdisciplinary Contes...