I do enjoy a good whiskey. So when I had the chance to interview a real, live distiller, I jumped at it. Bonus: Lance Winters is funny as hell. Seriously. He’s also not shy about explaining how he uses math
As I continue to crawl from under a mountain of work, I thought I’d share a really cool webseries that I discovered late last year. It’s not clear if the series will continue this spring or not, but you can
No, I did not have the flu. No, I did not fall off the face of the earth. No, I did not abandon my math-writing career in favor of tightrope walking at the circus. In fact, I have simply been
So yesterday, we reviewed some really basic stuff about percentages. Like: 10% is the same thing as 1/10 or 0.1. Easy peasy, right? Well, today it’s time to really put this stuff to work, finding percentages of numbers or the numbers,
Ever have one of those strings of bad ju-ju that just won’t quit? Welcome to the last two weeks of my life. From email woes to blog problems, it’s as if the electronic gods have cursed me. This is my
We’re wrapping up a review of fractions today. If you missed Monday’s or Wednesday’s posts, be sure to look back to refresh your memory on multiplying and dividing fractions. If you’re the product of a traditional elementary and middle school education, you likely spent
New here? You’ve stumbled upon January’s Review of Math Basics here at Math for Grownups. This week, we’re doing a quick refresher of fractions. Monday was multiplication, so if you missed that, you might want to take a quick look before reading further.
Welcome to Week 2 of January’s Back to Math Basics — a quick review of the basic math that you need to do everyday math. Answers to last Friday’s integers questions are at the end of this post. When kids are first
Continuing on in our review of basic math, I welcome you to Day 2. The answers to Day 1 questions are at the bottom of the post — along with new questions. But first, let’s learn how to multiply and
Welcome to Day 1 of our tour of basic math. If your New Year’s Resolution is to brush up on your math skills. You’re in the right place. Winter is really the perfect time to talk about integers. But first,
There’s a lot of magic involved in Santa Claus’s annual journey around the world. Delivering presents to that many households can’t be done without it. But there’s also quite a bit of math. And I’m thrilled that Santa agreed to
There’s a lot more to this time of year than the 12 days of Christmas, 3 wise men or 5 golden rings. Between digging out our credit cards and stringing hundreds of twinkly lights on the gutters, most of us