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The new digital SAT is here!

No More No. 2 Pencils: The SAT Goes Fully Digital (Gift Article) The new format cuts nearly an hour out of the exam and has shorter reading passages.

This new tool from NYTimes allows you to see whether the math scores in your district are improving or declining and/or compare it with other districts.

See How Your School District Is Recovering From the Pandemic (Gift Article) Look up data from the first detailed national study of learning loss and academic recovery since the pandemic.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/07/24/upshot/ivy-league-elite-college-admissions.html?unlocked_article_code=70XzhUszwqiBjfrXH94bg2aMrZvaqbUfjctWrsPAZllid0FErWI-4c6olAJpf_2AO0Kn2GaZkpk_vUG2XWxZtqQBT0CpXWcicxU_TSzCsNmIIijG4wutkj5bEh6XhLcAQ0SOpp3iAnc3b9Ffj1xp6x9cac7RVBgvMnfTxP3kaXMzIocOlL7ItsddSZrVbgDzXIkYogW6ZNNebzdU23bOCDPSUVnbVGNcmIdS51UZerJ9dFmwHH5-pnJQZxq7_t4quZ_1jtaVAFxiCWYZZRbltrV-exwq3llIwDmh7HsdjA8PtHfGxiAojmYAAaFbKD3oeHzEaQju44q38HMdofjpu8crwsay5k74CHuTbwpz1PCPPqc89N-Dxa40m24&smid=url-share

Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification (Gift Article) Extraordinarily detailed data shows how elite colleges prefer the richest students, even among students with similar test scores.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/us/california-math-data-science-algebra.html?unlocked_article_code=msgALeMBvTjnhGizJ8zZD6qE2496uax_0GpKd646L02rF4nf2N2_vH9ORRI-OJtC09Ncd0CY-98YrzTbFaM030Ewj3NLwHk69w5RecNl8W3e3Uwa76k8tQeKWv2Y4lW6DsBOyLIZgQEIDXOGUu1DnEe-S2mvv1Lgh61m4uMUImgNXj22HJ-8JAUHjyQyg59yKYMgDSMOlIIom5WGT9mWWs9KaddmUfKiVWU3yC1Q1wzcOrZHGwQ4pxv83SZsDUGsZy4js6PdKAT6aFK8XSSrwoXy6KRmdWn-WSlAbIfT8SOK7S_DrkFj3xu3AeSyFP3uUh8b_IO2fSw7_fEPy3Mrcv4ODxw6hx5D5A&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

In California, a Math Problem: Does Data Science = Algebra II? (Gift Article) After faculty protests and a debate over racial equity, the state’s public universities reconsider whether high school students can skip a foundational course.

Problem of the week 🎈:

Imagine you have a spherical balloon 🎈 that you are filling with helium at a constant rate of 0.5 cubic meters per minute ⏲️.

1️⃣. Using calculus, find out how fast the radius of the balloon is increasing after 8 minutes from when you started filling the balloon 🤔.

2️⃣. Helium is a monatomic ideal gas. Under normal conditions (room temperature, 20°C, and standard pressure, 1 atm), it occupies 22.4 liters per mole. Calculate the number of moles of helium in the balloon after 8 minutes 🧮.

3️⃣. If each helium atom has a mass of approximately 4 atomic mass units (AMU), what is the total mass of the helium in the balloon after 8 minutes ⚖️?

Challenge your math and science skills with this Problem of the Week. Good luck! 🍀