Teach maths to learn maths
Teach in order to learn. This is what’s known as the ‘protégé effect‘. Learning a subject in order to explain it to someone else forces the learner to remember and understand the material better.
Read the whole postSimple Pumpkin Pie recipe – just use ‘math’
Stuck without a simple pumpkin pie recipe? Try this! It won’t taste any good, but it might help you pass your geometry exam…
Read the whole postImprove your child’s math today
‘Improve your child’s math today!’ – that’s the tagline of a brand-new advert produced by Affixxius Productions. The 30-second TV ad, not yet released to the American viewing public, is nevertheless available to view on YouTube. Check it out, complete with animated monkeys, hamsters, robots and birds, and check out our online maths (or math) [...]
Read the whole postA fancy trick for squaring larger numbers
The excellent Steven Strogatz, writing in last month’s New York Times Opinionator, gave another elegant lecture on high-school maths and algebra problems – including a fancy trick for squaring larger numbers. The God of Whizz is behind on his reading, so I’ve come to this post late. But the trick was enough to impress the [...]
Read the whole postGive thanks for Math-Whizz
It’s coming up to that time of the year when our Stateside customers rush homeward to eat and drink with family, and then fall asleep in a comfy armchairs, stuffed like the turkeys that are traditionally served on the day – Thanksgiving. [A reminder of the lengths some turkeys will go to to avoid the roasting [...]
Read the whole postLearn Maths, predict elections?
Nate Silver is 30 and has no experience as a political pundit or expert. Yet he predicted the historic outcome of the 2008 US elections back in March, 2008, long before the Democratic Party candidate – Barack Obama – had even been selected. The New York Times today reports on Silver’s success.  What was his secret? Maths. Mr. [...]
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