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A railway train strikes a snowdrift which creates a constant resistance. How long does it take the snow to stop the train?
I found a stone but did not weigh it; after I added to it 1/7 of its weight and then 1/11 of this new weight, I weighed the total at 1 mina. What was the weight of the stone?
Heron of Alexandria (ca 200) wrote on many aspects of applied mathematics.

Problems from a 15th century French manuscript, including one with negative solutions

Here is the title page of part I of the General Trattato di Numeri (General Treatise on Number and Measure) (1556) of Niccolo Tartaglia (1500-1557). This is an extensive work on elementary mathematics that was popular in Italy for several decades after its publication.
This article contains examples of the use of the rule of false position in the solution of geometric problems as found in the work of Simon Stevin. We discuss the benefits for future teachers and their students.
When knowing the sum of their ages along with another equation, determine how old a father and son are.
The Fibonacci numbers and applications to areas such as plant growth and stock market predictions.
There is much to see in this museum related to the history of mathematics.
I owe a man the following notes: one of $800 due May 16; one of$660 due on July 1; one of $940 due Sept. 29. He wishes to exchange them for two notes of$1200 each and wants one to fall due June 1. When should the other be due?