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Dec 7, 2015 · The debate raged for 1,700 years, until in 1999 American mathematician Thomas Hales offered decisive proof of what Pappus had discovered and what bees instinctively know — the most efficient shape is indeed a hexagon.
May 11, 2022 · In his book, Shape, mathematician Jordan Ellenberg reveals the geometry lurking beneath history, democracy, biology, and everything else.
Jan 5, 2016 · The debate raged for 1,700 years, until in 1999 American mathematician Thomas Hales offered decisive proof of what Pappus had discovered and what bees instinctively know — the most efficient shape is indeed a hexagon.
Feb 5, 2017 · The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play, and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them.
- Math Can Save You Money
- Like Patterns? Like Math
- Math Builds Problem-Solving Skills
- Math Encourages Curiosity and Questions
- Math Helps Out in The Kitchen
- Math Is Black and White
- You Can Take Lots of Approaches to Math
- Math Is Play For Your Brain
- Enjoy Puzzles? Math’s For You
- Math and Science Go Hand in Hand
How much would that new video game be if there is a 20% off sale? Is it better to get the big box of cereal or the little one on sale? If you count up all the coins in your piggy bank can you buy a new soccer ball? You use math to figure it out.
Have you ever noticed how shapes fit together, the spirals in a sea shell, and the details of a snowflake? This is math in action. You can make predictions based on patterns you see. Fun!
Math uses critical thinking and builds problem-solving skills. Learning to look at a problem—whether a math problem or a life problem—and come up with a plan is an important skill to practice.
You may think of math as looking for the answer to a problem in a book or on a worksheet, but math really starts with wondering or asking a question. Helping students to start by wondering builds interest and motivation.
What’s the easiest way to cut a pizza evenly to serve 12 people? Can you divide 15 apples fairly between 4 friends? If a batch of granola calls for 2 ½ cups of oats, how much do you need to make a double batch? Fractions, multiplication, measurements, estimates… these are all parts of math that show up in the kitchen.
Some people like math because it seems more black and white than other subjects. The answer is right or it isn’t.
Even if math has a “right” answer, there are lots of ways to get to it. Teaching students different approaches gives them tools to solve different problems, helps them understand concepts, and lets them choose an approach that makes the most sense to them.
Your body needs exercise and your brain does too. Think of math as running around at recess for your brain.
Logic puzzles, finding the solution to a Rubik’s cube, and any other number of puzzles use math. Help students see that math is more than numbers on a page.
Do you have a budding marine biologist in your class? Or a student who wants to be a vet or a doctor? Do you have kids who ask: How does it work? Math is essential to the study of science. The act of questioning, testing, and problem-solving show up in both areas.
The things that make snowflakes important objects for mathematicians are their symmetry and their hexagonal structure. Math-loving people have a lot of interest in transformations. They love moving objects. And, surprisingly, if an object is symmetric, transformations are not even noticed by many.
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Jan 22, 2014 · I got 39 replies, 39 tributes to math’s power—in short, 39 ways to love mathematics. In no particular order: 1. Love patterns. Love the hunt. Love that our thirst for patterns is so deep and instinctual that you might call it canine. 2. Love the underground tunnels connecting mathematics.
