New Times

Do the kids today get taught new times tables and properties of multiplication that forego ages and ages of prior math training? In “my day” we were taught that multiplication was one of the most straight forward types of basic Read More …

Thinking of Pi

So grateful to the math nerds, the science geeks and the Twitter fanatics for thinking of Pi every year on March 14th – they have made it socially acceptable to think that number is cool. Since a circle is my Read More …

Odds Improve

Unlike the lottery, which encourages more and more participants, if there is a fixed number of tickets available, odds improve with the more chances you buy. It isn’t exponential improvement, but additive. I know, it’s math and statistics, something we Read More …