Mathematics Tutoring
Mathematics: Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Precalculus, Calculus, Statistics Private tutoring for 1 student is $60 per hour. Click here to compare this to the price of a piano …
Mathematics
A Student Speaks
” ‘Use logic in math’ is my motto.” — Sophia S (October 31, 2010) That, and persistent, hard work, are why she gets mostly As. …
Pythagorean Triples
Geometry For Enjoyment and Challenge, by Rhoad, Milauskas and Whipple (publishers McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin), has some rules for generating Pythagorean triples (see also Mathworld.Wolfram.com) on …
The Importance of Mathematics: An Example
The Lake Peigneur salt dome drilling disaster, which you can read about on Wikipedia and see on YouTube (and on EducatedEarth.com), demonstrates the importance and …
Mental Math
On YouTube, Total Breeze has some good videos on mental math: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square rooting. Worth watching.
Postprandial Math Joke
Q: Why do mathematicians, after a dinner at a Chinese restaurant, always insist on taking the leftovers home?
Mistakes in Modern (Public) Education
In “Singapore Math Tough to Adopt” (Education Week, Teaching Now Blog, June 9, 2011), Liana Heitin writes: And Singapore Math requires extensive (and costly) professional …