Designed for elementary and middle school students	Magnify   Albert Newton was examining an angle measuring fourteen and one-half degrees using his magnifying glass that magnifies everything three and one-half times. Under the magnifying glass, how large would that angle measure?
February 13, 2006
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	Becca Neeland. Pembroke Intermediate School, Corfu, NY Phillip Ai. Hammarskjold Middle School, East Brunswick, NJ Asher Tuggle. Homeschooled, CO Peter Moynahan. Rye Junior High, Rye, NH Jessica Dean. Timothy Edwards Middle School, South Windsor, CT Jaimie Fan. Fairview Elementary School, Mountain Top, PA Irene Perantoni. Athens College Middle School, Psychico, Athens, Greece David Shi. JLS Middle School, Palo Alto, CA Alanna Pappas. Freetown-Lakeville Middle School, Assonet, MA Luke Jensen. Beck Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ Matthew DeCoste. La Canada Middle School, La Canada, CA Vicky Enouiti. Valencia, Kissimmee, FL Samantha VanEtten. Wellsville Middle School, Wellsville, NY Garrett Messier. Hastings Middle School, Fairhaven, MA David Lu. P.S.139Q, New York City, NY Chris Curnow. International school of Uganda, Uganda Osman Osman. International School of Uganda, Uganda Collin Lewis. Pembroke Intermediate School, Corfu, NY Caleb Patterson. Pembroke Intermediate School, Corfu, NY Mridul Singh. VI, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Happy Valley, Shillong, India Hannah Moore. Wellsville Middle School, Wellsville, NY Ian D'Costa. Our Lady Of Sorrows, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Samantha Phillips. Pembroke Intermediate School, Corfu, NY Andrew Nelson. Freetown-Lakeville Middle School, MA Ann Bos. Rockford Christian School, Rockford, MI Evan Field. Freetown-Lakeville Middle School, Assonet, MA Melinda Torrey. Osceola Middle School, Ocala, FL Riley Wern. Pinewood Elementary School, Monticello, MN Brady Wern. Monticello Middle School, Monticello, MN Aude Lefranc. Home-schooled, Minnetonka, MN Jennifer Fogarty. Eastbrooke Elementary, Winter Park, FL
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