Collection of Algebra BABs (AlgeBABs)

In general, BABs are Basic Arithmetic Bits; however, Algebra related BABs are called Basic Algebra Bits (or Beginning Algebra Bits).

The following Algebra related BABs are listed in newest-to-oldest order.

[milestone] The 100th AlgeBAB was posted on 25 November 2008.

[milestone] The 200th AlgeBAB was posted on 18 August 2011.

1. Betty and Truman at 64 Years [03 May 2012]
2. ASU President Dr. Michael Crow Likes Algebra [12 April 2012]
3. Johnny Cash Would Have Turned 80 [27 February 2012]
4. The Cost of Renting a U-Haul Pickup [23 January 2012]
5. What is Algebra? [17 January 2012]
6. Algebra is Everywhere? [11 January 2012]
7. Limping Along Equates To Infinitesimally Larger? [22 September 2011]
8. Android Activations an Increasing Function of Time [06 September 2011]
9. Linear Function From the Movie 'Tarantula' [04 September 2011]
10. Irene = e When Irn = 1 [28 August 2011]
11. Hurricane Irene Hits North Carolina [27 August 2011]
12. Zelmo and Edith Create Money Making Machines [18 August 2011]
13. The Hurricanes of 2011 [10 July 2011]
14. Algebra Problem From the 1899 Harvard Entrance Exam [09 April 2011]
15. The Average Smartphone Owner [07 March 2011]
16. Baby Boomers To Retire At a Linear Rate [04 January 2011]
17. BLT - LT = Sad Sandwich [24 September 2010]
18. Teachers and Non-Learners [13 September 2010]
19. Equations Extracted From BARS [11 September 2010]
20. Sonya Thomas Set Buffalo Wing Eating Record [08 September 2010]
21. A Dropout Epidemic [15 August 2010]
22. 2000 Days of BABbling [02 August 2010]
23. Comparing Salaries [06 July 2010]
24. The Hurricanes of 2010 [29 June 2010]
25. Algebra I Review [27 April 2010]
26. Exercises From "Intellectual Algebra" [01 April 2010]
27. 625 Tweeted From Whitehouse.gov [13 March 2010]
28. Pentagonal Numbers [12 March 2010]
29. Smell the Coffee [11 March 2010]
30. Pre-Existing Condition Denials Growing Linearly [10 March 2010]
31. Nanofoo Tweeting At a Linear Rate [03 March 2010]
32. MathBabbler Tweeting At a Linear Rate [24 February 2010]
33. Crayola's Law [10 February 2010]
34. Five Years of BABbling on 9 February 2010 [09 February 2010]
35. Reggie Bush Can Play Football [20 January 2010]
36. Growth In the Mobile Apps Market is a Function of Time [19 January 2010]
37. Rate At Which New Firms Are Formed [15 January 2010]
38. Google Honors Isaac Newton [04 January 2010]
39. The Census is Important To Arizona [03 January 2010]
40. LinkedIn Going Freemium [21 December 2009]
41. U.S. Broadband Usage Growing Exponentially? [18 December 2009]
42. An Alternative Way To Generate Even Numbers [16 December 2009]
43. Everyday Should Be World Toilet Day [13 December 2009]
44. Americans Consumed a Lot of Bytes In 2008 [12 December 2009]
45. An Alernative Way To Generate Odd Numbers [07 December 2009]
46. World AIDS Day 2009 [01 December 2009]
47. Greenland Losing Ice and Sea Levels Are Rising [24 November 2009]
48. Brian Williams on Blogging [23 November 2009]
49. World Toliet Day 2009 [19 November 2009]
50. The Ages of Betty and Truman [09 November 2009]
51. Tempe Voters Approve School Bond (Algebra) [05 November 2009]
52. Federal Government Spending Borrowed Money [13 October 2009]
53. Google's Street View [08 October 2009]
54. Business Travel Spending Generates Revenue [24 September 2009]
55. Equations Extracted From BARS [04 September 2009]
56. Pay For Print [01 September 2009]
57. CQ + PQ Greater Than IQ [30 August 2009]
58. Buying New Twitter Followers [18 August 2009]
59. Obesity Rates a Function of Gas Prices [08 August 2009]
60. Arizona's Population Prediction for 2040 [03 August 2009]
61. Summer 2009--Arizona's Population Hit 6,666,666 People? [27 July 2009]
62. Number of Americans Without Health Insurance [23 July 2009]
63. Arizona Microbreweries Get To Brew More Beer [12 July 2009]
64. Truman Turns 82 [24 June 2009]
65. Fun Fact Tweet From GreenArtie [22 June 2009]
66. World's Oldest Man Dies at Age 113 [21 June 2009]
67. More About the Number 1000 [13 June 2009]
68. The Hurricanes of 2009 [01 June 2009]
69. May 28th Birthdays--Elisabeth Hasselbeck, John Fogerty, MathBabbler [28 May 2009]
70. Arizona Republic's Sunday Circulation Increases [03 May 2009]
71. Americans Die From the Flu [30 April 2009]
72. U.S. Economy Shrinks During 1st-Quarter 2009 [29 April 2009]
73. Nanosphere and the Global Molecular Diagnostics Market [29 April 2009]
74. Swine Flu Avoidance--Don't Touch Your Face [27 April 2009]
75. Online Video Viewing is a Growth Industry [17 April 2009]
76. Twitter Growing Exponentially [16 April 2009]
77. Keeping an Eye on U.S. Population [08 April 2009]
78. System of Equations Using the Number 123 [31 March 2009]
79. Twitter Keeps Growing in Popularity [25 March 2009]
80. Alzheimer's in the U.S. [25 March 2009]
81. Nano-Enabled Batteries Market To Grow Exponentially? [23 March 2009]
82. 2048 is 2 Raised to What Power? [18 March 2009]
83. Workforce Reduction at CPS [11 March 2009]
84. Worldwide PC Shipments Forecast [06 March 2009]
85. Cost of Clearing Snow Depends on Snow Amount [04 March 2009]
86. Operation Xcellerator is Working [03 March 2009]
87. Male Testosterone Levels a Function of Age [24 February 2009]
88. floor(n) and ceil(n) Functions [23 February 2009]
89. Zelmo Zeroman's Home Value Continues to Decay [22 February 2009]
90. Sunny Days Depend on Cloud Covers [20 February 2009]
91. Plant + Krauss = 5 Grammy Awards [09 February 2009]
92. MAT (Math) Classes at SCC [05 February 2009]
93. Molecular Diagnostics is a Growing Market [04 February 2009]
94. Bree's Age Plus Tyler's Age Equals Dad's Age (2009) [02 February 2009]
95. Amar'e Stoudemire Might Get a Linear Contract [02 February 2009]
96. MBNA Now Checks For Pronic Numbers [30 January 2009]
97. About the Number 56 (fifty-six) [29 January 2009]
98. Algebra Seen in a Foxtrot Comic [28 January 2009]
99. Space Heaters are Energy Consumers [21 January 2009]
100. Linear Function Found on Flyer Litter [04 January 2009]
101. The Markov Sequence [24 December 2008]
102. Buy Local and More Money Stays Local [24 December 2008]
103. Phoenix Increasing Parking-Meter Rates [22 December 2008]
104. Cost of an Arizona Republic Subscription is a Function of Time [15 December 2008]
105. Golden Ratio Quadratic [12 December 2008]
106. The Fibonacci Sequence [11 December 2008]
107. The Padovan Sequence [10 December 2008]
108. Tempe Community Action Agency [09 December 2008]
109. From QTBree To Paul Volcker To Britney Spears [06 December 2008]
110. Centered Square Numbers [02 December 2008]
111. Housing Prices "Plummet" (Exponential Decay?) [30 November 2008]
112. Horsepower as a Linear Function [25 November 2008]
113. Prime Number Generating Quadratic Polynomial [25 November 2008]
114. A Linear Function Related to YouTube [24 November 2008]
115. Demand For Energy Growing Exponentially [23 November 2008]
116. Functioneers are Finders of Functions [22 November 2008]
117. Using Pseudo-Algebra to Morph a Motto [22 November 2008]
118. Tricky or Testy? [20 November 2008]
119. Lucky Larry #88 From AMATYC [16 November 2008]
120. Track Hurdle Rung Height is a Function of Rung Position [16 November 2008]
121. Yuma, Arizona, Growing Exponentially? [12 November 2008]
122. Industrial Robot Market Growing Exponentially [10 November 2008]
123. ASU Cutting the Nursing Program [07 November 2008]
124. Electoral College of the United States [06 November 2008]
125. Arizona's Population Nearing 6,666,666 People [28 October 2008]
126. Math Found in a Political Spam Email Message [25 October 2008]
127. Brain Decay [16 October 2008]
128. MathBabbler's 401K 2008 Decay Factor: 0.7185834 [13 October 2008]
129. Arizona Republic Front-Page Headline: Pool Sales Plunging [07 October 2008]
130. Consumer Debt Level a Function of Disposal Income [06 October 2008]
131. Illegal Immigration Population Declines [02 October 2008]
132. StemCells Inc. Receives a Hepatitus-C NIH Grant [02 October 2008]
133. The Power of Bits (2^n Minus 1) [30 September 2008]
134. About 10^n [30 September 2008]
135. Moo Campaign Crowds Grow Exponentially [24 September 2008]
136. Obama and McCain Spent $94 Million in August [21 September 2008]
137. ASU Brickyard Parking Cost is a Function of Time [18 September 2008]
138. Dilbert Comic--Turning $100 Into $1 Million [02 September 2008]
139. Using the Vertical Line Test on Graphs [01 September 2008]
140. The Sound of Thunder and the Speed of Sound [28 August 2008]
141. Beer Kegs Popular With Thieves [25 August 2008]
142. BABbling at a Linear Rate [23 August 2008]
143. The Hurricanes of 2008 [08 July 2008]
144. How Much Water To Drink? [03 July 2008]
145. Genetic Genealogy Featured on 60 Minutes [02 July 2008]
146. Wal-Mart Into Drugs [29 June 2008]
147. June 2008 High Temperatures [29 June 2008]
148. World-Wide PC Usage Hits One Billion [24 June 2008]
149. SUSD Wants To Increase Prices For School Meals [16 June 2008]
150. Cost of P.O. Box is a Function of Type [30 May 2008]
151. Fitness Club Fees is a Linear Function [30 May 2008]
152. Papa John's Online Pizza Sales Hits $1B [22 May 2008]
153. Doing Piece-Work [30 April 2008]
154. Google Scanning Books at a Rate of 600 Pages a Day [28 April 2008]
155. MCCCD Accounting Professor Looks At The Books [27 April 2008]
156. Coffee and Dementia [22 April 2008]
157. Hop in the Cash Cab [21 April 2008]
158. Why 'y' 'm' 'x' 'b' In y = mx + b? [18 April 2008]
159. 10 Days Per Word Jail Sentence [27 March 2008]
160. Finally, a 3 M.P.H. Speed Limit Sign [24 March 2008]
161. Cost of Riding a Valley Metro Bus is a Constant Function [22 March 2008]
162. Intellectual Algebra 14th Edition 1876 [21 March 2008]
163. $198.25 Deposited Into a Spirits Fund [18 March 2008]
164. PiYears Function Created on Pi Day 2008 [14 March 2008]
165. How Much To Rent That Big Tent? [04 March 2008]
166. Calculating Braking Distance When Driving [02 March 2008]
167. Cost of a Taxicab Ride In the Valley of the Sun [02 March 2008]
168. Thomas Jefferson's Advice On Handling Anger [01 March 2008]
169. Leap Year 2008 [29 February 2008]
170. Magic Square Function [24 February 2008]
171. Jester--The Online Joke Recommender (Joke #1) [23 February 2008]
172. Primitive Sample Error Rate Calculation [22 February 2008]
173. Phoenix Suns Raising Ticket Prices [17 February 2008]
174. About Constant Functions [11 February 2008]
175. f(x)--What Does It Mean? [05 February 2008]
176. Tip Calculator Functions [04 February 2008]
177. Brett Farve... 3 19 Hut Hut Hike [22 January 2008]
178. One Dollar Equals 10 Cents? [14 January 2008]
179. Bree's Age Plus Tyler's Age Equals Dad's Age [14 January 2008]
180. National Debt Growing At Linear Rate [03 December 2007]
181. PooHappensCleanup.com [03 December 2007]
182. What's 20% Off Something That's Already 60% Off? [28 November 2007]
183. 5,300 Steps Should Be 10,000 Steps [21 November 2007]
184. Married Woman's Housework Level is a Function of Salary [16 November 2007]
185. U.S. Population is a Function of Time [11 November 2007]
186. Crystal Pier Distance Guide From Pacific Beach, California [16 October 2007]
187. The Average of the First Five Prime Numbers [07 October 2007]
188. Finance.Yahoo.com ADSX Moment [05 October 2007]
189. The Hurricanes of 2007 [21 August 2007]
190. Balancing a Scale Puzzle [16 July 2007]
191. Red Hat Says Cash Flow is Not Linear[28 July 2007]
192. May 2007 CPI Up 0.7%, Core CPI Up 0.4% [15 June 2007]
193. Turning 50 Results in the Square Age Doubler Function [01 June 2007]
194. Tollroad Cost Function in Denver, Colorado [19 May 2007]
195. iParty Has 50 Retail Stores [13 May 2007]
196. MCCCD Tuition and Registration Function [13 May 2007]
197. MCCCD Tuition Rates Table [13 May 2007]
198. Perfect Attendance Artie Artichoke Cost Function (PAAACF) [06 May 2007]
199. Sleep is Important [28 March 2006]
200. Meet Mr. Big at Boyce Thompson Arboretum [03 February 2007]
201. Slope of Four-Fifths and Vertical-Intercept of -3 [01 February 2007]
202. Modeling with Functions [02 February 2007]
203. The Absolute Value Function [31 January 2007]
204. Zeno's Paradox -- The Dichotomy [24 January 2007]
205. Is It a Function? Cheap Gas on Route 66 in Illinois [20 January 2007]
206. Joke... Terror Alert -- Al-gebra Movement [04 October 2006]
207. A Mathematical Singularity [16 November 2005]

The following are pseudo-AlgeBABs (i.e. pretend Basic Algebra Bits).

1. Turning ZeroPoints (Nothing) Into Positive Points (Something) [13 December 2007]
2. Zelmo Zeroman Opens The "Zero Squared" Nightclub In Scottsdale [30 November 2007]
3. Zelmo Zeroman Borrows Money From Herb Mumford [29 November 2007]
4. RoadHacker Calculates a Roadtrip's City and Highway Mileages [28 November 2007]

Creator: Gerald Thurman [gdt@deru.com]
Created: 21 May 2007