A method for sketching functions and finding slopes and roots rising synthetic division is illustrated. (MK)

The focus is on how line graphs can be used to approximate solutions to rate problems and to suggest equations that offer exact algebraic solutions to the problem. Four problems requiring progressively greater graphing sophistication are presented plus four exercises. (MNS)

Included in this department are brief articles on generating primitive Pythagorean triples with a computer program; using pictographs or pictures on graph paper to teach general graphing concepts; a method for factoring trinomials; and summing the harmonic series. (MNS)

Four problems are presented and solutions using a calculator are illustrated. (MK)

Included in this section are brief articles on making up a story to explain a graph, the inverse of a function of a single variable, and exotic horse-race wagering and combinatorics. (MNS)

The article discusses the experiences of the writer when using simple surveying as a practical topic with secondary school children. (Author/MK)

Practical tips on the teaching of subtraction, addition and subtraction of fractions, and finding the vertex of a parabola are given. (MK)

This section includes brief articles on holding a 'metric review show,' the 'normal' approach to graphing, graphing polynomials by using the powers of the factors, and some sum derivations. (MNS)

Argues that while microcomputer and graphing calculators have evolved to a stage where they should be used routinely by mathematics students at all levels, there is sometimes potential to mislead students with computer generated graphs. Examples are included. (PK)

The advanced study program sponsored by the U.S. Naval Academy for the Anne Arundel Public Schools is described. Graphs, Games, and Puzzles and Strange Algebras are two of the courses presented. (MNS)