Road Sign Math

Showing that the wonderful fun of finding mathematically significant road signs extends beyond the borders of the United States this sign, our first international sign winner, comes all the way from Israel! As they say, math is the international language. This winning sign was submitted by Rosalin Chrest on a recent trip to Israel.

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As you cross over and through the San Juan mountains in New Mexico you are treated to many small villages. You feel almost as if time has gone backwards a bit, however the ever-present satelite TV dishes remind you that you are in fact in the 21st century.
The towns of Vadito, Penasco and [...]

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Frank hadn’t gambled much. He’d never been to the Abiquiu Casino. He had spent much of the evening taking in the smoky atmosphere and enjoying a couple of drinks. He was doing his best to look the part of the reformed lounge lizard. At 21, Frank didn’t have the gruff to pull it off, [...]

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Road Sign Math celebrates Leonardo daVinci’s birthday with a sign that the master himself would find invigorating. This sign is a prime example of how basic math isn’t always so basic. This sign also celebrates being a blue informational sign instead of the typical green roadway sign.

Having a five number sign that works [...]

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Albuquerque is the largest city in New Mexico. Similar to another largest city in it’s state, Omaha (see Welcome to Omaha), Albuquerque takes an opportunity to welcome visitors to it’s great town with math.
As visitors to Albuquerque arrive in the city from the north on I-25 they are welcomed with family friendly mathematics.

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Neighboring the Triplets of Lincoln, just further up the road, is this simple sign that introduces the driver to Even Addition. This sign doesn’t have a story. It doesn’t have history. It just is. It’s not pretentious and doesn’t have a problem with just being who it is. It tells you how far things [...]

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The Triplets of Lincoln are a trio of related signs that watch over drivers on I-80 as they go through Lincoln, NE. The Triplets of Lincoln spent their younger years on 1930s roads directing people around what were then popular highways and are now considered scenic byways. As they’ve grown older they have moved [...]

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The intersection of math and the mountains is a surprisingly well travelled area. There are classroom tools that help students climb to the top with math. You can get a Math Mountain bulletin board to work with your class on math. There is even a company, Mountain Math, that brings mountain analogies to math. Far [...]

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Who is Tom Osborne? That’s a very valid question. I had never heard of him. I found myself in the middle of Nebraska on Highway 34 southbound after exiting I-80 to get some gas and a rest stop when I was confronted with my lack of historical background as I was greeted to the Tom Osborne [...]

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New Mexico still has 19 functioning Pueblos. These Pueblos celebrate New Mexico’s long and colorful history with culture dating back to prehistory. In fact, the state flag of New Mexico contains the symbol from the Zia Pueblo.
This mileage sign outside of Pecos National Historical Park celebrates the park for the mathematically inclined with a square [...]

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