Tuesday January 20, 2015

Word of the day:
Atrophy: n.

a decrease in size or wasting away or progressive decline , as from disuse.

Geography question of the day:

Name the 5 biggest cities (by population) in Montana.

Stevensville, Mt

Tuesday 5:00 AM

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Announcements

- Participate in the blog poll in the right column!!!

- Lunch: Fajita chicken salad, bread sticks, ranch dressing, peaches, chewy oatmeal cookies, fresh veggies, milk

- Student Council meets today at lunch

- MathCounts today after school: 3:30 - 4:30

- Spelling Bee January 23rd (Friday)

- End of 2nd Quarter January 26th (Monday)

- Special Olympics January 27 - 28

- First trip to Discovery: Friday January 30th ( 10 days!!!)

- Missoula Children's Theater Feb 2 - 8

- Girls basketball starts Feb. 9th (Parent meeting Feb 5th at 6pm)

Geography answer:

as of 2013 population estimates

1. Billings: 109,059

2. Missoula: 69,122

3. Great Falls: 59,351

4. Bozeman: 39,860

5. Butte: 33,854

more at the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Montana

Math question of the week (last week actually) taken from the MathCounts website:

                                     

Ariana loves hats. Her favorite top hat essentially is an 18-inch tall right circular cylinder with a brim that goes all the way around the opening for her head. The top surface of the hat as well as the brim are covered in solid yellow fabric, while only the lateral surface of the cylinder is covered with patterned fabric, as shown. If the cylinder has a diameter of 7.5 inches, what is the lateral surface area of the cylinder? Express your answer in terms of π.

If the brim on Ariana’s favorite top hat is 4.5 inches wide, what is the circumference of the outer edge of the brim? Express your answer in terms of π.

What is the area of the top surface of the brim on Ariana’s favorite top hat? Express your answer in terms of π.

http://www.mathcounts.org/sites/default/files/images/potw/pdf/PoTW%20011215.pdf

hint: lateral surface area of a cylinder = (2 pi r) * h

Don't tell me sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon!