Math Hombre

Out of bread this morning so ... tortillas for the kids' sandwiches. (Making tight little appetizer style rolls.) The first piece of salami for my Ysabela's funroll (marketing considerations) instantly prompted my math curiosity.

Zero

Any questions?

But then I wondered about what photo would be best for #anyqs?

One

Two

Three

And then just because...

Mmmm, ellipses. Did you see that eccentricity comic recently? (Xavier won't eat salami.)

I think the original photo (Zero) is the best for getting at the question I like here - how many pieces of salami to cover the tortilla? One gets at diameter comparison, Two does that even more literally, and Three might help create some dissonance. Which would you use?

I neglected to take pictures of the fun rolls (TM) despite my recent interest in spirals. May have to make a jelly roll.

Went to get on the elevator at work, and like a bad stereotype of the absent-minded prof almost said "Oh! Excuse me" to this roll of carpet. I thought, 'I should take a picture of that!'   Got my student Ted to pose with it, and I'm asking: any questions?


Ted said, "I thought that's what that was about." 

Here are more photos.  The label probably has the answer to many questions that could be asked.  The original image is on the left, a shot of the edge of the roll, and then the shot of the label. Ted is 6 feet precisely, so perfect for the occasion.




















One further thing I'm wondering is that when the carpet is laid out it looks like it's actually in squares instead of from rolls.  So now I'm wondering if that's an illusion or ...

Dan Meyer, purveyor of pedagogical principles and master of mathematical memes, has popularized or coined the idea of #anyqs on twitter.  A math teacher will post a photo (or video) and ask, "Any Questions?"

Here's my photos:







Post questions in the comments or I'll record any twitter questions I see.