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Slide Rule Race Details
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| Submitted by: | Steve D. on 05/21/2021 |
| Held: | Not Yet |
| Category: | Challenge |
| Typical Duration: | 60 |
| Skills Required: | |
| Difficulty: | Moderate |
| Location: | Indoors |
| Time Frame: | Unimportant |
| Work as: | Team |
| Equipment Needs: | Moderate |
| Description | Kind of a throwback activity to an older time when affordable pocket calculators didn't exist. |
| Basics | I think it would be a math race. Solve a number of problems using the slide rule as fast as possible. |
| Why is this something we want to do? | Old school tech is fun and it will give everyone a chance to make fun of the old guys who've actually used a slide rule. Conversely, the old guys will get to show everyone else how to use a slide rule. |
| Variations: | None Submitted |
| Equipment List: | Slide rules, list of math problems. |
| Mitigated Risk: | IIIE (Details) |
| Reviewed Date: | 2023-12-01 |
| Reviewer: | sdonohue |
