{"id":678,"date":"2013-06-24T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T04:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/there-is-no-fairness-if-you-do-not-let-us-cheat\/"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:12:49","slug":"there-is-no-fairness-if-you-do-not-let-us-cheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/there-is-no-fairness-if-you-do-not-let-us-cheat\/","title":{"rendered":"“There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This is a back-issue of one of this site’s newsletters<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

In case you thought your school days were tough, give a thought to the troubles these students in\u00a0China faced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“….2,000 people had gathered, smashing cars and chanting: ‘We want fairness. There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat.’<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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According to the protesters, cheating is endemic in China, so being forced to sit the exams without help put their children at a disadvantage.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teachers trapped in the school took to the internet to call for help. ‘We are trapped in the exam hall,’ wrote Kang Yanhong, one of the invigilators, on a Chinese messaging service. ‘Students are smashing things and trying to break in,’ she said….”<\/p>\n

Anyway, it’s Monday morning! Here’s some happy maths to distract you – Soccer Ball Party Baskets<\/a>! The traditional soccer ball pattern is the shape you get when you cut the corners off an icosahedron. Each of the 20 triangles becomes a hexagon, and each of the 12 corners becomes a pentagon. That’s 32 faces in all, which happens to be the number of teams that will compete in Brazil in 2014.<\/p>\n

A quick puzzle – how many vertices on a soccer ball? How many edges? (An edge is the bounday between two faces, a vertex is the point where three faces meet.) I’ll give the answer next Monday!<\/p>\n

By the way, if you love soccer (federation football), you can get more soccer party ideas here<\/a>. If you prefer puzzles, I’ve written a short blurb here<\/a> about one of my favorite math puzzles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Finally…. animals! What’s this got to do with math? Actually, I’ve no idea, but this list of 15 monstrous critters<\/a> – each the largest of its kind – is an educational read. Perfect for a Monday morning, wouldn’t you say?<\/p>\n

Until next week,
\nYours,
\nMichael Hartley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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