To all our word wizards out there!!  Let's discover the amazing world of Palindromes!!

Palindrome: a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of symbols or elements, whose meaning may be interpreted the same way in either forward or reverse direction. Famous examples include “Amore, Roma“, “A man, a plan, a canal: Panama” and “No ‘x’ in ‘Nixon’“.

Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing.

FUN FACT: The word “palindrome” was coined from the Greek roots palin (“again”) and dromos (“way, direction”) by the English writer Ben Jonson in the 17th century.

CHALLEGE: Can you can come up with a sentence that is a palindrome.

For example: Was It A Cat I Saw?

Bragging rights for the most creative and intriguing palindrome!

Math POTW #7 - The Search is On

Wow, great work last week Leon D. You were the only student that seemed to obtain the correct answer of 2m. If you got a different answer, please try the problem again and review your work. Do you see why you obtained a different answer? How could you make sure you didn't make a similar error in a future question.

 Below is this week's POTW. And............HAPPY HALLOWEEN!  

Math POTW #6 - Reach for the Top

Last week's POTW was seemingly "easy" as many people obtained the correct answer of $14.30. HOWEVER, we really wanted students to also try and solve the problem algebraically. Please see below for how that might be done. Do you understand how it is solved in this way?



The next POTW (#6) is below. Please remember to reply and comment to your peers.