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Math Teachers at Play #8
[Photo by jaaron.] Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! We accept entries from anyone who enjoys playing around with math, as long as the topic is...
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Algebra: A Problem in Translation
[Photo by *Irish.] In my post Elementary Problem Solving: The Tools, I introduced word algebra as a way to help students think their way through a story problem. In the next two posts, I showed how...
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Math Teachers at Play #20
[Photo by shonk.] Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! If you like to learn new things and play around with ideas, you are sure to find something of...
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Math Teachers at Play #24
[Photo by internets_dairy.] Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! If you like to learn new things and play around with ideas, you are sure to find...
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Sept-Oct 2010 Math Calendars
As I was preparing for Wednesday’s Homeschool Math Club Games & Activities meeting, I remembered my old math calendars and thought, that would be a fun activity to offer. So I pulled up the files...
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How to Be a Math Genius
More mathematical insight from James Tanton… Don’t miss any of “Let’s Play Math!”: Subscribe in a reader, or get updates by Email.
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Math Teachers at Play #35
35 is a tetrahedral number Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers. Do you enjoy math? I hope so! If not, browsing these links just may change your...
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Math Teachers at Play #39
Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! If you like to learn new things and play around with ideas, you are sure to find something of interest....
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Math Carnival Update, and an Algebra Puzzle
Oops! I misread my calendar last week. The Math Teachers at Play blog carnival will be this Friday at Maths Insider. That means you still have today and tomorrow to send in your blog post submissions...
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Understanding Algebra: How Many Roots?
In algebra 1, we spend a lot of time working with quadratic equations. Among other things, we want to know how many roots (solutions) an equation has and whether the roots are real or imaginary...
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Math Teachers at Play 46
Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! Here is a smorgasbord of ideas for learning, teaching, and playing around with math from preschool to...
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Math Teachers at Play 52
[Photo by bumeister1 via flickr.] Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — which is not just for math teachers! We have games, lessons, and learning activities from preschool math to...
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Abstraction in Language and in Math
photo by Robert Couse-Baker via flickr creative commons Check out Dan’s interesting semi-philosophical discussion of the meaning and importance of abstraction: [LOA] The Ladder of Abstraction, Part...
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Quotable: Why Study Algebra?
[Photo by AlphaTangoBravo / Adam Baker via flickr.] One reason to study algebra: because it’s a building block. And just as it was really hard at first to get those blocks to do what you wanted them...
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Math Teachers at Play 58
[Photo by kirstyhall via flickr.] Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — a smorgasbord of ideas for learning, teaching, and playing around with math from preschool to pre-college. If you...
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Algebra: The Search for Pirate Treasure
A bit of April Fool’s Day fun from Google Maps: Book Update I’m still working on Let’s Play Algebra, the sequel to my Let’s Play Math book. Here’s a quick taste of things to come… Algebraic...
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Homeschooling High School Math
photo by ddluong via flickr Most homeschoolers feel at least a small tinge of panic as their students approach high school. “What have we gotten ourselves into?” we wonder. “Can we really do this?”...
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Math Teachers at Play #62
by Robert Webb Do you enjoy math? I hope so! If not, browsing this post just may change your mind. Welcome to the Math Teachers At Play blog carnival — a smorgasbord of ideas for learning, teaching,...
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How To Master Quadratic Equations
A couple of weeks ago, James Tanton launched a wonderful resource: a free online course devoted to quadratic equations. (And he promises more topics to come.) G’Day Math Courses Kitten and I have been...
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Puzzle: Algebra on Rectangles
Gordon Hamilton of Math Pickle recently posted these videos on how to make algebra 1 puzzles on rectangles. As I was watching, Kitten came in and looked over my shoulder. She said, “Those look like...
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