Math Links for week Ending Jan 3, 2024

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This is exactly how it used to be on Twitter. It's good to see that the math community is alive and well here. Check out all the great links shared in the comments.
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https://bsky.app/profile/druinok.bsky.social/post/3lerifa34yk2n

Resource Links

I am always looking for ways to relate the mathematics we teach to things that occur in the real world
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https://bsky.app/profile/davidpetro314.bsky.social/post/3leudxtgmwk23

Some algebra, some geometry and many other topics. Take a look
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https://www.resourceaholic.com/2025/01/5-maths-gems-184.html

The latest set of classic NCTM calendar problems
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https://karendcampe.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/january-calendar-problems-3/

I highly recommend the (slow) elementary math chat if you are up for it. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/r-cilr.bsky.social/post/3lecw2x2t6s2s

This is a neat little problem that you might want to try when talking about types of numbers, if only to do some brute force solutions or to try to code some checks. 
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https://bsky.app/profile/benjamindickman.bsky.social/post/3ledrbj2edk2v

The 1st day of the new year has passed but you can still have fun with this
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https://x.com/MathsEdIdeas/status/1874390226229166350

By the end of today, exactly
1×2×3×4×5×6×5×4×3×2×1
seconds will have passed this year.

= 1 day
= 24 hours
= 24×60 minutes
= 24×60×60 seconds
= (2×3×4)×(5×6×2)×(5×4×3) seconds
= 1×2×3×4×5×6×5×4×3×2×1 seconds#HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2025

— Maths Ed (@MathsEdIdeas) January 1, 2025

Video/Audio Links

A great problem when discussing the idea of average in a deeper way.
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https://bsky.app/profile/howiehua.bsky.social/post/3leovyr67ik25

Lots of math around the number 2025
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https://bsky.app/profile/howiehua.bsky.social/post/3lehbx7o54k2q

I love this proof of the area of a circle
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https://bsky.app/profile/tbrzezinski.bsky.social/post/3leezazsly22g

A fun geometry video
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https://x.com/pickover/status/1874569819561091241

→ Mathematics, Geometry, Physics, Vibration, Packing, Tiling.

Credit: I didn’t upload this video to 𝕏. I’m pointing to a video residing in the 𝕏 stream of “interesting_aIl” (Jan 1, 2025) pic.twitter.com/BwnqcFl993

— Cliff Pickover (@pickover) January 1, 2025

Are you participating in Genuary?
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https://x.com/LukeSelfwalker/status/1874502239446085726

#genuary1 - Vertical or horizontal lines only.
#genuary #GENUARY2025 https://t.co/MlA73GHoll pic.twitter.com/WWaPR2FWx8

— Luke Walsh (@LukeSelfwalker) January 1, 2025

The latest OAMEtalks podcast features @LLB_315 with a preview of her members only webinar but don't let that stop you, there are some great resources that she talks about. 

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https://talks.oame.on.ca/season-7



A nice visualization (plus source code)
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https://x.com/panlepan/status/1874107178094911746

2025 is the sum of all the products in the multiplication table from 1 to 9 because:
2025 = (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9)²
This @GeoGebra #MathGIF shows why we also have:
2025= 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³
⏯https://t.co/osAAevIPVe#HappyNewYear2025 pic.twitter.com/KWjLL7vJk5

— Vincent Pantal🍩ni (@panlepan) December 31, 2024

I don't try to be political here but I still think this is funny. Math to the rescue
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https://x.com/samtripoli/status/1874141752145396084

This is such an amazing bit, @ronnychieng! pic.twitter.com/7nVjZdM5eO

— Sam Tripoli (@samtripoli) December 31, 2024

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Perfect if you are talking about exponential relationships (you might have to talk a bit about why a black hole is a black hole though - hint you are going to be talking about super dense objects)
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https://xkcd.com/3033/

A challenge for proving triangles are congruent
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https://bsky.app/profile/profsmudge.bsky.social/post/3letlcwyu2k2t

Who doesn't like a good rates of change joke?
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https://xkcd.com/2974/

Lots more 2025 math
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https://x.com/ElterEric/status/1874554980109336796

Happy New Year. To display in your classrooms. 2025 in all its forms, from school to university. Enough to awaken the curiosity of all our students, from the youngest to the oldest. #NY #NY2025 #MathematicalCuriosity #BeautyOfMathematics pic.twitter.com/rAwNxWFArD

— Eric Elter (@ElterEric) January 1, 2025

So many resources for 2025
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https://x.com/fawnpnguyen/status/1874205423278146042

Chiming in on the highlight of 2025. Here's my https://t.co/ENqAid9wGu #79. How many are in step 9? What is the equation?

I gave this to my 8th-grade class for our usual VP routine, not expecting an equation. However, Ben tried something & yelled, "It works!" What did he try? pic.twitter.com/LBkUD8Xpxt

— Fawn Nguyen (@fawnpnguyen) December 31, 2024

A problem that may not be as hard as it looks
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https://x.com/GeometryPuzzles/status/1873564341624262664

Try to solve this pic.twitter.com/fZHnoerUT9

— Math Lover (@GeometryPuzzles) December 30, 2024

You can find data anywhere
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https://x.com/simongerman600/status/1873805258649989610

Frequency of letters in English words and where they occur in the word. Did you know that J was the most uncommon letter? @neilrkaye always comes up with the best material! Source: https://t.co/T86PSd79NU pic.twitter.com/s0AGEnHNFI

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) December 30, 2024

I call this the bathingsuit problem :-)

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https://x.com/CoreMath80/status/1873411910131122176

#math pic.twitter.com/2uVWQIdrha

— Core Math, India (@CoreMath80) December 29, 2024