Sentences with phrase «bigger than math»

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He says critics who say it will mean a 700 per cent increase in tanker traffic off the coast out of Burnaby, B.C., have their math right, but this makes the increase look bigger than it really it is.

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark..

Take an intro astronomy class and they can explain in basic terms (using basic concepts in math and physics) how time unfolded and what conditions were — and subsequently why «magical bits of everything» formed in to matter than led to the birth of the dinosaurs... It's ok to open your mind; and perhaps even God was the cause of the Big Bang.

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark, nor the 400,000 species of beetles, nor the gnats that live for a few hours, nor for that matter, human beings!

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Arc.

In math terms, replacement level is higher than it used to be for a 5, so value over replacement for even the best bigs is lower.

Of those that did manage to find jobs, the biggest change in employment for math Ph.D. s came in industry, which boosted its hiring by 18.1 % from last year to take in more than 26.8 % of the recent graduates.

Astronauts inspired educators and students to explore the unknown, gave a reason to study math and science that was bigger than themselves.

So the second assumption must be that «poverty» has a bigger impact on math performance for fifteen - year - olds than for younger students.

Getting into a charter school doubled the likelihood of enrolling in Advanced Placement classes (the effects are much bigger for math and science than for English) and also doubled the chances that a student will score high enough on standardized tests to be eligible for state - financed college scholarships.

There's been progress on several fronts — notably a big reduction in the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger — but none of these goals will have been achieved in full by next year, any more than the «goals 2000» project for American K — 12 education met its targets (e.g., «first in the world in math and science») by the stated end point.

My daughter chose to take the SAT rather than the ACT because she is not as strong in math and the SAT better caters to her overall skills and... Continue reading The «Big Business» of SAT / ACT Preparation: A Mom's Story

It has an economy big enough to match many OECD countries, but in education comparisons it would be a lightweight, its maths performance weaker than in almost any other industrialised country.

This is a far bigger factor for math teachers than, for instance, salaries.

The increase in self esteem resulting from truly knowing the math facts is a far bigger reward for a child than any transient success in a game.

More than 75 percent of eighth graders scored proficient or advanced on the math exam, a big change from just 9 % in 2008.

Asian charter students showed the biggest gains in English and math scores when compared to the state average for Asian students, scoring 12 percentage points higher in ELA than their peers and 11 points better in math.

The state had some of the biggest gaps that Achieve found on last year's tests: 60 percent more scoring proficient in fourth - grade reading on the state test than on national assessment; a 43 percent gap on fourth - grade math; a 65 percent gap on eighth - grade reading; and a 53 percent gap on eighth - grade math.

Overall, students in charter schools have had bigger gains in both reading and math than similar students enrolled in the DC Public School system, especially when it comes to middle school math.

Overall, students in charter schools have had bigger gains in both reading and math than similar... [Read more...]

This trend will continue as independent editors start offering affordable editing services through the internet and first line authors start doing the math and realizing that they can make more money by self - publishing their books for $ 2.99 - $ 4.99 than they ever did by going with one of the «big six» publishers.

Add to that these big publishers charging more for a pre-proofed digital copy than for the post-proofed paper copy... well, I'm not good at math, but even I can see that it adds up to clear disrespect for book buyers.

Economists like to talk about equilibrium, because that allows them to publish their complex math papers, but economies are big on variation, things are far more volatile than theory can admit.

Go to vgchartz, look at the top 200 selling games for the Wii Vs. The 360 (or PS3), take out bundled in games like Kinect Adventures and Wii sports, and then do the math... see that Nintendo lost by hundreds of millions of dollars... then realize that bigger you make the list of games the worse it gets for Nintendo... then realize that vgchartz doesn't account for digital sales which doesn't hurt Nintendo's numbers very much but hurts M$'s and Sony's significantly, which means Nintendo lost even harder than the numbers on that site indicate.

During Haymore's presentation, he said that the original factory was supposed to be 4 «blocks» (modular parts), and the company is now intending to build 7, for a new factory size of 24 million square - foot (not quite clear how the math works out, but maybe some modules are bigger than others.

The math presented so far merely establishes that if the earth were a blackbody absorbing 4 times less than the 1368 W / m ² that the sun provides, then its temperature, according to the Stefan - Boltzmann blackbody equation, would be about 278.6 K. Big deal.

And, as a recent New York Times article pointed out, studies have shown that teachers have bigger impacts on math test scores than English test scores.

«Deciding whether to live in the city or suburbs is a personal choice, but when you do the math, it's easy to see why moving to the suburbs is about more than just a bigger yard — it can also save you a lot of money,» says Dr. Svenja Gudell, chief economist at Zillow.