Cool Math Blogs

Numbers -- and series of numbers -- are about rhythm and pattern. That is no different for squares. 

Found a nice little piece in the Telegraph about how people find science and math hard – because it is – but that the charge that it’s so hard as to be elite is completely unfounded.

There is a Java version of Morpion Solitaire HERE. Of course, the point is the mental exercise but! for those of you with particularly competitive natures, there are World Records of Morpion Solitaire kept at morpionsolitaire.com. 

Who says sports and math don't add up?

These stats show just how much mathematical calculations play in the negotiating process. Listed below are the top paid athletes compared to their average player salary. And yes, Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid MLB athlete of all time, is number 11. That should tell you something about the real-world difference between straight numbers and percentages.

11. Alex Rodriguez

April is Mathematics Awareness Month! The theme, announced by The American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is: Mathematics, Statistics, and the Data Deluge.

The Alabama Math, Science, and Technology Initiative (AMSTI) is so successful that schools produced additional scores on math tests equivalent to an extra 28 days of schooling per year.

The AMSTI design allows students to learn math and science... by doing math and science.

The study looked at 82 schools, 30,000 students and 780 teachers.

Among the findings:

Math Anxiety Cause and Effect

Math anxiety keeping you from reaching your learning potential? It's a common problem that can be overcome.

Using brain-imaging technology for the first time with people experiencing mathematics anxiety, University of Chicago scientists have gained new insights into how some students are able to overcome their fears and succeed in math.

Inductive and deductive reasoning are two important math concepts. The following story will help to explain these two types of reasoning.

The ancient Greeks produced great advancements in mathematics. Much of our modern-day mathematics is based on those ideas.

Euclid, Pythagoras, Archimedes

Ever heard the term Euclidean geometry? Euclid was known for the basic rules and terms of geometry.