Build Math Confidence June 2014 Volume 61

New Math Confidence Web Site

We are undergoing a makeover to make the Math Confidence site more modern and responsive. Check it out here. It was easy with Wordpress! In the coming weeks, more pages will be added including Academy, Writer and Advocate.

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Education in the News

UT Austin accepts the top 7% of high school seniors statewide through their Automatic Admissions Rules. although many are not college ready so they created the TIP Texas Interdisciplinary Plan to support students academically and emotionally through their freshman year. TIP was featured in a cover article in the New

York Times magazine "Who Gets to Graduate?". The TIP boosts students' mindset, study skills, knowledge and confidence for higher college completion rates.

Math Confidence Photo of the Month

This photo was taken on a tour of Drexel University in the Athletic Center but can absolutely be applied to academics as well -- these are awesome core values for students (or for anyone!).

Brain Teaser

Gauss said: "The cube and the fourth power of my age contain each digit from 0 to 9 exactly once." The professor said: "It's a good coincidence because the square and the cube of my age contain each digit from 0 to 9 exactly once." Find their ages.

Answer to May's Brain Teaser: (9 to the 9th power) to the 9th power = (9^9)^9

Solution to May's Brain Teaser

Thanks, Robin the Math Lady Schwartz