Those suits in the corner office–what do they do anyway? Well, they manage employees, set budgets and goals and plan for growth. Oh, and some math. Gina Foringer is an executive vice president for Versar, a publicly held, departement of defense
Math Secret #2: You Were Born This Way (take 2)
All summer long, we’ve seen some pretty amazing research on math ability and education. We’ve been told that understanding geometric concepts may be innate and that elementary-aged students with a good sense of numeracy do better in math by the 5th grade. And yesterday
Food for Thought: 5 Ways Hurried Moms Can Make Math Easy
Boy, do I remember those early days of parenting my daughter. I was working full time, coddling a strong-willed toddler, trying to serve balanced meals, selecting great books to read to her and trying to keep my house and yard
Math at Work Monday: Marie Grace the children’s knitwear designer
A pattern snippet from one of Marie Grace’s original designs. If you don’t knit, a knitwear pattern probably looks like a random selection of letters and numbers. But that special code actually reveals beautiful creations–sweaters, hats, booties and blankets. Marie
Math at Work Monday: Nikki the hair stylist
If you’re even the least bit vain, like I am, you know that finding a talented hair stylist is worth its weight in gold. Like many other careers, that talent is part science and part art, as Nikki Verdecchia of NV
Special Sunday Edition: Debt, deficit and debt ceiling
I don’t usually post on Sundays, but with Geithner’s debt-ceiling deadline looming on Tuesday, I wanted to share this really great video. Using some math and graphs, the narrator explains the debt, deficit and debt ceiling in ways that even your 4th
Guest Post: Grownups can learn new tricks!
Bon Crowder, another math evangelist couple of weeks ago, a fellow freelance writer wrote me about her foray into graduate school. She needed to brush up on some math skills, and she wasn’t sure how. I have a feeling that
Nothing But Net
A few years ago, I got this idea that I wanted to learn how to sew. My mother in law bought me a lightweight machine at a yard sale for $10. So I decided it was time to teach myself
Math at Work Monday: Martha the cafe owner
My friend Martha Lucius owns and manages Boheme Cafe in downtown Baltimore. She has also catered my book launch before, and so I thought it would be great to introduce you to her — and to the math that she does. What is
Film Friday: Meathead Does Math
The mental math is flying in this hilarious clip from the classic, groundbreaking sit com, All in the Family. (And it’s even better because, guess who’s there? The Jeffersons!)
Math Secrets: A round up
I’m on vacation this week, so I thought I’d do a quick round up of Math Secrets to date: Math Secret #1: There’s More than One Way to Skin a Math Problem: Most math teachers teach that that there’s one
Math at Work Monday: Ron the web designer
Ron S. Doyle is both a web designer and a freelance writer. In fact, he’s found a particular niche in developing web sites for other freelance writers. He’s also got a wicked sense of humor and uses math in his work.