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Math Wheel of FortuneEach turn you spin the wheel.

If “bankrupt”, then lose all points accumulated this puzzle.If “Lose a turn”, then continue to next player.If points, then do one of the following:

Choose a consonant. Receive where is the number of letters. Buy a vowel. Receive where is the number of letters.

If , you get another turn. If play continues to the next player.

At any point during your turn you may attempt to guess the phrase.If correct you keep all our points. (Only the player solving

keeps their points)If incorrect play immediately continues to the next player.

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300

+ E = -250+600=350 (750 total)

100

+ P =100

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Example?

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Archimedes287-212 B.C.Greek MathematicianFamous for many things, most notably his:

Discovery of the (second?) law of hydrostaticsArchimedean ScrewDefense of Syracuse

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Always Striving…

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Rene Descartes1596 – 1650French MathematicianMost famous for the “Cartesian Plane”Introduced the coordinate system for geometryAlso well known in philosophy (“I think

therefore I am”)

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Carl Friedrich Gauss1777 – 1855Calculated in primary schoolPublished Disquisitiones Arithmeticae by age

24Revolutionary work in essentially every field of

mathematics that existed at the time.“Gaussian Distribution”, “Gaussian Integers”,

“Gaussian Elimination”, “Gaussian curvature”, etc

One of the first supporters of women in science (e.g. Sophie Germain)

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Sir Isaac Newton1642 – 1727Discovered Calculus“While alive, the center of the mathematical

world was where Sir Newton stood” – Men of Mathematics (paraphrased)

Remarkable contributions to analysis, combinatorics, discrete mathematics, numerical methods, geometry, number theory, and physics.

Viewed his greatest achievement as having lived a long life whilst still a virgin.

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Every student, everywhere.

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Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl1885 – 1955“One of the most influential mathematicians

of the twentieth century” – WikipediaContributions to Analysis, Topology,

Representation theory, number theory, and the foundations of mathematics.

W E C A N N O T P R O V E…

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Aristotle 384 B.C. – 322 B.C.Greek Mathematician among other thingsMost famous for his contributions in fields

other than mathematics

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Reference Information• Created in 2013 by Dr. Jeffrey Beyerl for use in

the math club at the University of Central Arkansas

• The macros and VBA code I wrote is harmless, but of course like anything you download from the internet: use at your own risk.