Answer to Fun Math Problem #2

Answer to Fun Math Problem #2.

“Math Cafe” Gives Students Options for Math Success

Students like to order off of menus when they are in math class. That means that they like to learn a variety of approaches and then choose the method that works best for them. This post shows teachers how they can teach the same skill in a variety of ways and thereby give students more ways to successfully work the math problems.

Fun Math Problem #2

Math problem that deals with the hands of a clock.

eVersion of Algebra Survival Guide ARRIVES!

The award-winning Algebra Survival Guide is now available as an eBook. As such you can read it on any of these devices: Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, Mac or PC. Price of eVersion is just $9.95.

Invisible Misunderstandings: Square roots of 2 and 3

There are large chunks of mathematical knowledge that we often assume students have down. In fact, they often lack that knowledge. A good example is this: most students I work with have virtually no sense as to the value of the square root of 2 or the square root of 3. This post offers a few suggestions on how to help students in this regard.

Origins of the Coordinate Plane

One of the legends of math relates to the invention of the coordinate plane system. The legend states that Descartes was inspired to invent this system after watching a fly move around on the ceiling over his bed. This post tells the story and points out its relevance for modern math teachers.

New Approaches to Help Students Overcome Math Struggles

The teaching technique of finding out and helping students learn the “baby steps” that make up the larger math processes is having success through an organization called “Jump Math.” Read about it on this post.

“Algebra-for-All” Strategy, Good or Bad? Get the News

For more than a decade now, state education departments have been mandating that all students must pass Algebra 1 in order to graduate from high school. New studies are finally coming out on the effectiveness of this push. Read the referenced article to find out what the latest research has to say.

How to factor out the GCF with stories

Real-life stories, related to algebraic procedures, can dramatically help students understanding both what the process is about, and how to do the process. Here I show how two real-life stories can help students master the steps required for factoring the GCF out of a polynomial.

Answer, Fun Math Problem

Here is the answer to an interesting problem: what provides a better fit, a square peg in a circular hole, or a circular peg in a square hole? We can use simple geometry to figure it out!