When we moved to Baltimore almost seven years ago, my family and I found amazing friends in our next-door neighbor Stephen Sattler and his partner Neil. So, it is really no surprise that Stephen has now found his calling as a Realtor,
Welcome back to Math at Work Monday! (We took time off from this regular feature, so that we could spend more time celebrating Math Appreciation Month.) If you’re new here, each Monday I post an interview with someone about how
Math Appreciation Month has finally come to a close. And I thought I would end with some math that could save your life. This is serious — and I think really interesting — stuff. If you’re seen a recent “best
We’ve gotten advice from math teachers to parents and from students to math teachers. But parents can also play a big role in how their kids learn math and succeed in school. So, I’ve decided to given them a chance to share their
There are numbers, and there are special numbers. Okay, so just like children, all numbers are special. But a few of these numbers have qualities that make them stand out from all of the rest. Some of them you’ll recognize right away, because
Two weeks ago, I posted Five Things Math Teachers Wish Parents Knew. Now it’s the teachers’ turn to be on the hot seat. I asked a handful of the middle and high school students that I knew to chime in with
Today, I’ve asked Siobhan Green to share her math story with everyone. As the CEO Sonjara, Inc., a woman-owned technology firm, she is a huge proponent of increasing women and men’s math skills worldwide. But she hasn’t always felt confident in her math
anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer autumn winter he sang his didn’t he danced his did So goes my very favorite poem, written by e.e. cummings. In my senior year of
Quick! What’s the formula for finding the circumference of a circle? Do you remember the Pythagorean Theorem? What about the distance formula? If you’re around my age and not a math geek, chances are the answers are “I don’t know,”
In redesigning my blog, I’ve read a lot of the posts I’ve written over the last year. In fact, take a look at this math: On average, I’ve written 13 blog posts each month or 164 posts (counting this one)
As you know, this is the first week of Math Awareness Month. But what you may not have realized yet is that I am hosting a contest on the Math for Grownups Facebook page. Each day I give a Math Treasure Hunt
Parents: when it’s time for math homework, do you suddenly have something else to do? When it’s parent-teacher conference time, do you first tell the teacher that you’re no good at math yourself? First off, you’re not alone. It’s the