http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/double-down-dumbs-it-down/ 12 tables, 24 chairs, and plenty of chalk Thu, 30 May 2013 02:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/double-down-dumbs-it-down/#comment-196 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:11:08 +0000 http://threesixty360.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/double-down-dumbs-it-down/#comment-196 [...] Many crackers are in the form of circles, and it’s possible that some of the oval crackers are actually ellipses. (I sense a future investigation.) And that’s not all! Cheerios®, bagels, and donuts all provide examples of tori, Hershey’s Kisses® make great cones, and of course there are the cans of hyperbolic paraboloids. Hmmm….maybe the producers of “Double Down” should take a field trip to the grocery store to brainstorm some of their next geometry questions! [...]

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