A formula for predicting population, given past data, is presented. Decade census reports for the United States are used to analyze problems that might occur in prediction. (MP)

Examples of the presentation and solution of variations on a common projectile trajectory problem are presented. (BB)

Sequences resulting from variations of the conditions of the original Fibonacci problem are investigated. (MN)

Tables of life expectancy can provide data for use in a great variety of problems related to probability theory. (SD)

Weather data gathered from the local newspaper can be used in teaching a unit on statistics. (SD)

Strategies for winning in the game of NIM are discussed and explained through applying a base 2 representation for the numbers involved. (DT)

Methods of determining probabilities of various outcomes of the game Yahtzee are described. (SD)

Describes eight increasingly sophisticated and efficient sorting algorithms including linear insertion, binary insertion, shellsort, bubble exchange, shakersort, quick sort, straight selection, and tree selection. Provides challenges for the reader and the student to program these efficiently. (JM)

A recreational activity providing practice in computation is described. Examples are provided and the underlying mathematics is analyzed. (DT)

Presents four cases of real-world probabilistic situations to promote more effective teaching of probability. Calculates the probability of obtaining six of six different prizes successively in six, seven, eight, and nine boxes of cereal, generalizes the problem to n boxes of cereal, and offers suggestions to extend the problem. (MDH)

Presents an example with multiple solutions that illustrates connections between mathematics and the real world. Considers five possible methods by which the voting for a convention delegate might be performed. (MDH)