The first email came in at about 2:00 p.m. 600 million divided by 660,000 equals a little over 909. The next a few moments later. 5.4 billion people is nearly the population of the whole World (estimated at 7 billion
Journey from Math Loser to Math User
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
Feeling Anxious about Math? Here’s how to cope
Earlier this week, I provided a guest post about math anxiety and kids for Imp3rfect Mom. I wasn’t surprised to get a comment from a reader asking about how to deal with her math anxiety. My son is an adult so my question
Is Math a Foreign Language?
When I was in college, majoring in math education, I learned that math is the language of science. In fact, we called it the Queen of the Sciences. (You’d better believe that gave me a sense of superiority over the
My Math Story
The biggest fights my father and I had were about math. I kid you not. The year was 1984. I was a junior in high school, taking Algebra II. Radicals were kicking my scrawny, little butt. (Remember radicals? They look