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Literally all things related to math. Everything you can think of!

The Mathematical Reason for Deuce

The Mathematical Reason for Deuce

and other intriguing insights into the world of tennis scores Last Monday morning at Mathspace HQ we started the day with an impassioned debate. It was about the first Grand Slam for 2018 — the Australian Open. What initially started as a chat about the Kyrgios/Dimitrov duel that had unfolded

$To infinity and beyond, with fractals$

To infinity and beyond, with fractals

The Coffee + Math Series This is Adam.We’ve squeezed in one final Coffee + Math catch up for 2017! This week we defied the sweltering Summer heat and had a hot chocolate with Adam Humphreys in Sydney, Australia. Before joining Mathspace, Adam was entrenched in the world of academia, devoting

Euler’s Identity: The Intersection of Math & Poetry

Euler’s Identity: The Intersection of Math & Poetry

The Coffee + Math Series That’s Andie.Welcome to our Coffee + Math series. This week we had an iced coffee with Andie Hoyt in St. Louis, Missouri. Before finding her home at Mathspace, Andie was a high school Math teacher. Now she helps to run our US School Success team

How to make an infinite amount of money (and other things Statistics can prove)

How to make an infinite amount of money (and other things Statistics can prove)

The Coffee + Math Series That’s JackThis is our second instalment of the Coffee + Math series. It’s simple - we have a coffee and chat about our favorite math equations, math facts and math tidbits. What more could you want? This week we had (an almond milk) coffee with

Just go with the flow: The math of fluid

The Coffee + Math Series That’s JakeWe have a team full of mathematicians, math teachers, and math enthusiasts. We want to share our passion for math with everyone, so we’ve decided to launch a new series called Coffee + Math. Coffee + Math is as simple as it sounds. We have

If half the world was illiterate, would that be ok?

If half the world was illiterate, would that be ok?

It’s not socially acceptable to be illiterate. It shouldn’t be socially acceptable to be bad at math either. It’s hard to believe that just over 50 years ago less than half the adult world was able to read (Our World in Data [https://ourworldindata.org/literacy/]). For

These pretzels are making me…. Geometric

These pretzels are making me…. Geometric

Here’s a fun (and delicious!) set of puzzles for you to try, inspired by “The Moscow Puzzles.” You’ll need a big bag of pretzel sticks (or other items of equal size, like matchsticks or straws). Puzzle 1: First, arrange 12 pretzels like this: How many squares can you

Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

Are online mathematics programs damaging early student learning?

There’s a common belief that technology always improves things. It can make things faster, more efficient, more powerful… The list goes on. With online Mathematics there’s the belief that technology can help us to move away from a traditional model of mathematics instruction and towards a new, personalized

How far away is the horizon?

How far away is the horizon?

Imagine you’re at the beach, standing on the shoreline (lucky you!). Off in the distance you see a ship on its way out to sea. Slowly it appears to get smaller and smaller, until it drops over the horizon and out of sight. How far away does the ship

Mathematically Perfect Gift Wrapping -Explained

Mathematically Perfect Gift Wrapping -Explained

If you don’t like wasting gift wrapping paper (and we sure don’t), then this is the perfect post for you! Recently we asked if it’s possible to achieve mathematical perfection when wrapping gifts. Let’s start by considering how most of us would wrap a gift that’

Why Does Math Anxiety Continue to Plague Americans?

Why Does Math Anxiety Continue to Plague Americans?

Like so many math educators across the country, my goal has always been to help students learn to love mathematics. If they can’t love math, I hope to instill in them an anxiety-free appreciation for the subject. However, mathematics has the unlucky designation of the most-feared school subject, with

Can Gift Wrapping Be Mathematically Perfect?

Can Gift Wrapping Be Mathematically Perfect?

Christmas is a time of giving… presents! And one of the most important parts of gift-giving is the wrapping paper — how it looks under the Christmas tree is as much a gift as the present inside. Many people devote a lot of time to making their presents look perfect, but