A digital bracelet is a cyclic sequence of digits in which each term is the units' digit of the sum of the previous "N" terms. This article discusses some properties of the digital bracelet with N=4 which starts 1, 9, 7, 1. (MM)

A case for teaching statistics and probability in the secondary school curriculum is given. A description of and suggestions for teaching the distribution of the mean are the main points of the article. (FL)

Considers a ball which is dropped from a height h above a flat surface and rebounds to a height rh, when r is a positive fraction less than one. The question asked is if the ball continues to fall and rebound in the same manner, how much time is required for the ball to come to rest? (RP)

Despite increased requirements for high school graduation, almost one-third of the nation's college freshmen are unprepared for college-level math. The need for remediation is particularly high among students who are low income, Hispanic, and black. Female students are also less likely than males to be ready for college-level math. This article…