Daily Math Quiz 1/31/11
January 31, 2011 • Richard Y, Author
Filed under CMS Math Page
Jim starts with a number, subtracts the largest perfect square less than or equal to the number, then continues to subtract the largest perfect square less than or equal to the number until it equals 0. For example, he would do this with 55: 55-7^2=6 6-2^2=2 2-1^2=1 1-1^2=0 What is the units digit... Read more »
Updated: Weekly Movies
January 31, 2011 • MackenzieS
Filed under Uncategorized
Wondering what movies are in the theaters? I think that Little Fockers might be a good movie to watch because I’ve watched the other Focker movies and I really enjoyed watching them; they were really funny. Tron also seems like a pretty cool movie based on the commercials and the previews. It looks... Read more »
Barnes & Noble Bookfair
January 31, 2011 • Romi E., Reporter
Filed under School News
Cupertino Middle is one of the five middle schools in the Cupertino Union School District that participates in the Valentine’s fundraiser at Barnes & Noble. At the fundraiser you can purchase books, magazines, DVD’s, CD’s, and anything else in the store, including food and drinks... Read more »
Daily Math Quiz 1/29/11
January 31, 2011 • Richard Y, Author
Filed under CMS Math Page
How many perfect squares are divisors of the product 1!*2!*3!* … *9! ? A) 504 B) 672 C) 864 D) 936 E) 1008 (Source: AMC 12A 2003) Difficulty (out of 100) = 45 Good luck! Hints announced in two days, solutions in 4 days. Hint to Daily Math Quiz 1/27/11: Question: How many four-digit positive integers... Read more »
Disassembly Club
January 31, 2011 • Calvin K., Reporter
Filed under CMS Club Pages
Disassembly Club is where you can disassemble electronics and check out what it’s like inside an electronic machine. You disassemble things like PCs, toasters, and many other types of electronics. There are many different types of pieces in these machines. For example, there are capacitors... Read more »
Daily Math Quiz 1/28/11
January 31, 2011 • Richard Y, Author
Filed under CMS Math Page
If x+1/x = 7, find x^6 + 1/x^6 . Difficulty (out of 100) = 50.000000001 Hint to Daily Math Quiz 1/26/11: Question: Move 1 number so that the equation 101-102=1 is true. Hint: Up. Solution to Daily Math Quiz 1/24/11 The answer is 2. If Bob hires 2 helicopters, then his probability of finding the treasure... Read more »
Guinness World Records
January 27, 2011 • Liam B, Reporter
Filed under Arts and Entertainment
Have you ever heard of a dog with a tongue 4.5 inches long? Or a Hot Dog that can go down three football fields? These are Guinness World Records, recorded in the annual book with thousands more! Every year thousands of people call in with their crazy things they think they can do. And only about a thousand... Read more »
Daily Math Quiz 1/26/11
January 26, 2011 • Richard Y, Author
Filed under CMS Math Page
Move exactly 1 number to another spot in this equation to make this equation true: 101-102=1. (Source: Joshua Zucker’s Math Seminar) Difficulty (out of 100) = 15 Hint for Daily Math Quiz 1/24/11: Question: A valuable treasure worth $100,000 fell out of Bob Smith’s airplane and landed in a swamp.... Read more »
Underground Supervolcano in Yellowstone
January 26, 2011 • Richard Y, Author
Filed under Top Stories
Can you imagine a volcano 1,000 times the power of the Mount St. Helens eruption of 1980? Most people won’t, but a “supervolcano” a few miles below Earth’s surface in Yellowstone National Park is predicted to erupt soon. When it does erupt, it can throw ash up to 25 miles upward,... Read more »
Top ten highest earning movies of all time
January 26, 2011
Filed under Uncategorized
You have probably seen a movie. You probably even have a favorite movie. But have you ever wondered how successful your favorite movie was? Well if you have, I’m going to show you the top ten earning movies ever. 1. Avatar (2009) 2. Titanic (1997) 3. Lord of the Rings 3 (2003) 4. Pirates of the... Read more »
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