Alan, Marcus and Monty learn about probabilities
Humans find probability hard, and what we tend to think of as ‘commonsense’ is often defied by the maths. For proof of this, you need only look at the multi-billion-pound gambling industry. Bookmakers and casinos profit because we find it hard to evaluate odds and probabilities. I am reminded of an intelligent friend who couldn’t [...]
Read the whole postBBC Clicks onto Maths-Whizz
Today’s BBC tech and web news programme Click featured Maths-Whizz in Kate Russell’s Webscape report. Ms Russell featured Whizz.com as a way to learn maths, and enjoy doing so, online – which is cool because it’s pretty much exactly how we describe Maths-Whizz. As she pointed out, with the five lessons that free account holders [...]
Read the whole postCricket Coach Needs Maths-Whizz
More news, from a somewhat unexpected source, of the perils of neglecting your maths. The West Indies cricket team coach, John Dyson, misread a scoring system table on which hinged a crucial decision in the nation’s one-day international match against England. As reported in the Daily Mail: This first one-day international was reaching a thrilling [...]
Read the whole postPlay Golf, learn Maths?
Nice snippet of a news item from Oxford, about using golf lessons to boost numeracy. Kirtlington professional Andy Taylor will coach in six local schools after receiving an £800 grant from the Golf Foundation. Taylor’s sessions will teach the sport and look to improve numeracy skills by applying a scoring system relevant to times-tables. Practitioners [...]
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This comprehensive site gives the lowdown on Homer, Bart, Lisa et al’s maths connections, noting that many Simpsons writers have a mathematical background of some sort. The yellow Simpsons family members have a long and deservedly illustrious history as America’s cartoon-satirists-in-chief, but who’d have thunk they’d be so clued up on math (trans for limeys: [...]
Read the whole postTweeting Maths
Whizz has joined every man, woman and child in Twittering. If you’re a twitterer, twittee, tweeter, twittit, or whatever, you’ll want to catch up with the Twittering world of Maths-Whizz. Follow our Twitter accounts and get updates on: * all things maths with WhizzProf (http://twitter.com/whizzprof) * all things Whizz with MathsWhizz (http://twitter.com/mathswhizz) * all things [...]
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