Idaho Society of Professional Engineers
Friday Update - 11/18/05
The next edition of the ISPE Friday Update will be 12/02/05. Have a safe
and happy Thanksgiving!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
• January 17, 2006 –
ISPE Southwest Chapter Noon Meeting - 12:00
Noon - Washington Group International Training Room - Tamarack Resort – Nick
Stover
• January 20 - 23, 2006 - NSPE
Winter Meeting - Washington DC
• February 4, 2006 – ISPE
Northern Chapter (Lewiston) MATHCOUNTS Competition
• February 4, 2006 – ISPE
Southeast Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition
• February 11, 2006 – ISPE
Southwest Chapter MATHCOUNTS Competition
• March 11, 2006 – State
MATHCOUNTS Competition – Boise State University - Boise
• March 16 - 17, 2006 - ISPE
Annual Meeting - Boise, ID
• July 6 - 11, 2006 - NSPE Summer
Meeting - Boston, MA
FUTURE CITY COMPETITION – CALL FOR JUDGES
The Future City Competition is right around the corner and volunteers
are needed to help judge each team's city. There are 25 registered schools and
we expect approximately 40 entries to be judged. A description of each judging
aspect is described below along with estimated time commitments.
COMPUTER CITY DESIGN
Judging will take place: Jan. 5th, 5-9pm at BSU, MEC 103 Computer Lab
Each team designed their future city with SimCity3000 software. The Computer
City Design illustrates the different zoning sections, residential and building
structures, and transportation and power systems of their city. Judges are asked
to evaluate the city's layout, its energy efficiency, and its livability. Judges
will meet at a BSU computer lab (directions to follow at a later date) and be
given a specific list of criteria to evaluate.
If you can’t attend the Jan. 5th judging but would still like to judge a
computer disk please let Erika Stoddard
(erika.stoddard@hdrinc.com) know
and she can give you the necessary materials to judge the disks on your own.
Time commitment is estimated at 2-3 hours.
ESSAY/ABSTRACT
Judging will take place: Dec. 19th - Jan. 11th
Teams were asked to develop an engineering feasibility plan for an identified
redevelopment tract of land within their city. In addition to the 500-700 word
essay the teams also wrote a 300-500 word city abstract describing their future
city and some of its services. Judges are asked to evaluate the paper’s content
and creativity (at their leisure) based on specific guidelines. Background
information on the topic along with key points will be provided.
Time commitment is estimated at 6 hours.
CITY MODEL
Judging will take place: Jan. 14th, 7:00am-Noon at BSU
Teams were asked to build a scale model of a section of their city. Judging
teams must evaluate the creativity, attractiveness, accuracy, and moving
components of the model. Judges will be given scoring sheets with specific
criteria to evaluate teams.
Time commitment is estimated at 5 hours.
PRESENTATION
Judging will take place: Jan. 14th, 7:00am-Noon at BSU
Each team will prepare a 5-7 minute presentation discussing their city and its
amenities. Students will be evaluated on how well they can explain the design
and function of their futuristic city. Judging teams must ask students at least
three questions after their presentation. Samples questions will be provided.
Scoring sheets with specific criteria will be given to the judges to evaluate
teams. Multiple teams of judges will be evaluating the teams during the time
period.
Time commitment is estimated at 5 hours.
If you have any questions or for further information contact Erika Stoddard at
Erika.Stoddard@hdrinc.com
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MATHCOUNTS PROBLEM OF THE WEEK
Can you solve this MATHCOUNTS problem? The answer will appear in next week's
edition of the Friday Update!
Teen Takes Town By Storm
If you ever thought a teenager couldn’t make a difference, take a look at
what Michael Sessions has accomplished. Sessions, only 18 years old, is the
mayor-elect of Hillsdale, Michigan after he beat the 51-year-old incumbent,
Mayor Ingles. It's not surprising that the age of Sessions is gaining him a lot
of attention in national news stories. Ingles’ age is now almost three times
Sessions’ age. In how many years will Ingles’ age be only double Sessions’ age?
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When the votes were tallied on Election Day, Sessions won with 732 votes. Ingles
received the other 668 votes. What percent of the votes did Sessions receive?
Express your answer to the nearest tenth.
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Knowing the breakdown of the votes mentioned in the previous problem, the ratio
of the number of votes cast for Sessions to the number of votes cast for Ingles
was 732:668 or 732/668. The value of this ratio is closest to the ratio a/b,
where a and b are consecutive integers. What is the value of a + b?
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Sessions spent $700 of his own money to fund his race. As mayor he will receive
a $250 stipend per month. How many months will it take Sessions to earn enough
money to cover the $700 of his own money he spent to run his campaign? (Assume
taxes have already been taken out, and he is receiving the entire $250 dollars
at the end of each month.)
Answer to last week’s MATHCOUNTS problem:
If the average number of bags per yard is seven and he is raking 14 yards, he
will need 7 ´ 14 = 98 bags. The bags are sold in boxes of 10, so he will use the
number of bags in 98 ¸ 10 = 9.8 boxes, so he must purchase 10 boxes of 10 bags
to rake the 14 yards.
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We could certainly list out the next temperatures (subtracting 3 degrees each
time) with their respective dates (counting out five days each time), but let’s
approach this from a different angle. We need the temperature to go down 60 – 33
= 27 more degrees after October 31. This is 27 ¸ 3 = 9 additional 3-degree
decreases. This 9th decrease will take place on the 9 ´ 5 = 45th day after
October 31. November has 30 days, so it will be complete on the 15th day of
December. On December 15, we can expect a high temperature of 33 degrees if the
arithmetic sequence continues.
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The first thing to notice is that Lou can miss a Saturday and then the next
Sunday. Those two days are in different calendar weeks. We’re only concerned
with missing a workout on consecutive days within a Sunday through Saturday
period. Rather than listing the four days he could exercise, let’s list the
three days that he can miss. (S=Sunday, M=Monday, T=Tuesday, W=Wednesday,
R=Thursday and Q=Saturday) If he misses exercising on the first Sunday, he has
these possible "missed days" options: (S,T,R), (S,T,F), (S,T,Q), (S,W,F),
(S,W,Q) and (S,R,Q). If he exercises on Sunday, and his first missed day is
Monday, then he has these options: (M,W,F), (M,W,Q), (M,R,Q). If he exercises on
Sunday and Monday and his first missed day is Tuesday, then he has only the
option of missing (T,R,Q). If he works out on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, then
there is no way to work out only one more day and not miss exercising on
consecutive days. Therefore, there are only these 10 "missed days" options.
If you want to see last week's problem again, click
http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=751&z=104
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