Mathematics

Centroid of a triangle calculator

Updated: 2010-09-29 19:42:32

Use this centroid of a triangle calculator to find the centroid of any triangle when the vertices of the triangle are put on the coordinate system

Giveaway: One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With MATH!

Updated: 2010-09-29 15:49:17

: : Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Giveaway : One Minute Mysteries : 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With MATH September 29th , 2010 by Sol Science , Naturally is giving away a copy of 65 Short Mysteries You Solve With MATH to one lucky person in the U.S . This is a great book for kids that I reviewed some months ago . To be in the running for this book , leave a comment with your email in the comment form telling why you’d like the book . When I get 20 comments I’ll close comments for this post , I’ll have Random.org pick a random comment , I’ll pass your email address to the publisher , and they’ll ship you the book . Remember , you must be in the . U.S Good . luck If you enjoyed this post , make sure you subscribe to my

Funding Opportunity: Target Field Trip Grants

Updated: 2010-09-27 17:44:36

School budgets are tight, and every dollar helps! Teachers who are interested in taking their class on a field trip, but don’t have the budget should check out the latest funding opportunity from Target. Target will be awarding 5,000 grants of $700 each to schools for the upcoming year. Winning teachers can use the grants to [...]

Happenings – 2010 Sept 25

Updated: 2010-09-25 16:19:26

Well, it’s that time of the week. What have I been doing and what’s happening? I’ve continued working on sensitivity analysis in linear programming, and on internal model control. I put in a little time on group theory, and on curves and surfaces in N dimensions. And, of course, I’ve been working on regression. But [...]

Triangle inequality theorem proof

Updated: 2010-09-24 20:08:38

Triangle inequality theorem proof by using the shortest distance theorem. The demonstration is crystal clear.

Review: The Mystery of the Prime Numbers

Updated: 2010-09-24 19:02:59

: Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Review : The Mystery of the Prime Numbers September 24th , 2010 by Sol Matthew Watkins contacted me out of the blue a while ago , offering me a review copy of his new book , The Mystery of the Prime Numbers Not really having a sense of what the book was about but knowing that I like mysteries and prime numbers I happily accepted . When the book arrived I opened it to a few random pages to get a feel for the material . I was immediately hooked . Bear with me while I tell a bit of a story and then I’ll get back to what hooked . me When I was in high school I attended the summer Ross program at the Ohio State University . Professor Arnold Ross taught us number theory . The course was hard ,

Review: Here’s Looking at Euclid

Updated: 2010-09-24 00:20:22

: Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Review : Here’s Looking at Euclid September 23rd , 2010 by Sol I have a confession . Book reviews are hard for me to write . When I open an exceptional book , like Here’s Looking at Euclid : A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math by Alex Bellos , I get writer’s block . I get lost in the awe of the material . I respond to Math books with a feeling rather than with a bunch of words . The feeling is often awe , or joy , or wow , or some combination of them . This book triggers all of the . above Alex Bellos is a journalist . This is his first popular Math book and it is a big hit , particular in the UK . Fifteen Amazon reviewers have given the book an average rating of

Centroid of a triangle

Updated: 2010-09-22 20:21:10

Learn how to find the centroid of a triangle when the vertices are located on the coordinate system

Putnam Mathematical Competition

Updated: 2010-09-21 23:55:38

Behrend Math Blog Putnam Mathematical Competition By MICHAEL RUTTER on September 21, 2010 6:53 PM No Comments No TrackBacks WILLIAM LOWELL PUTNAM MATHEMATICAL COMPETITION : WHAT A Competitive Examination in Collegiate Mathematics : WHEN Saturday , December 4, 2010 : WHO Any undergraduate student to whom concepts from group theory , set theory , graph theory , lattice theory , number theory and cardinal arithmetic will not be entirely foreign . Location details to . follow Please sign up at Jodie Styers door or contact via email Categories Cool Math Tags Cool Math No TrackBacks TrackBack URL : https : blogs.psu.edu mt4 mt-tb.cgi 184725 Leave a comment Name Email Address URL Remember personal info Comments You may use HTML tags for style Search About this Entry This page contains a single

Are You Attending NCTM 2010 in Baltimore, October 14-15?

Updated: 2010-09-21 17:12:48

Are you attending the NCTM 2010 Regional Conference in Baltimore? If so, make sure you visit DreamBox Learning in booth 322! We’d love to meet you, and you could win some great giveaways for your classroom. Join us in our booth for: Hourly demos Learn how DreamBox Learning provides differentiated instruction with every mouse click, and view [...]

Free copy of Old Dogs, New Math to a lucky reader

Updated: 2010-09-20 20:04:18

, Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Free copy of Old Dogs , New Math to a lucky reader September 20th , 2010 by Sol Update 9 24 : Maria won the copy of the book . Stay tuned for more book giveaways . I just received this email from a : publisher Dear Sol , Lederman I’m writing from The Experiment , a nonfiction publisher in New York City . We’re just about to publish a new book for parents on math education—Old Dogs , New Math : Homework Help for Puzzled Parents , by Rob Eastaway and Mike Askew . We found your excellent math blog , and we thought that you might want to consider this new book for a review , for a reader giveaway , or otherwise for your . site Old Dogs , New Math is a timely new resource for parents who would

Mathematical myths and legends

Updated: 2010-09-20 20:00:21

The word “mathematics” comes from the Greek μάθημα (máthema) meaning lesson and the verb μαθαίνω (mathéno) meaning “to learn”. It could be argued that math anxiety is anxiety about learning in general but that’s probably stretching things a bit. Although math is often perceived as the subject of proofs and absolute truth, there are lots [...]

Math Soft Spots in Child’s Understanding

Updated: 2010-09-20 17:21:02

The DreamBox curriculum is focused on Number and Operations, as well as Number Sense. This content is so core to elementary mathematics that it takes up about 80% of classroom math instruction. With a new school year upon us, assessing what student’s understand about numbers is a priority for teachers. I thought I’d share some soft spots I [...]

Private math tutors

Updated: 2010-09-19 16:56:54

Looking for private math tutors? Struggling with a tough homework?I offer tutoring in math for a nominal fee.I am a math major and I am certified to teach math. Find out here how I can help you with your math problems

Happenings – 2010 Sept 18

Updated: 2010-09-18 22:54:48

It is clear that I did not put out a post last weekend, in particular not a first regression post. Well, I tried… but it was still a fairly amorphous collection of ideas…. Today it seems clear that the first post should be about half of what I originally intended… and, furthermore, it looks like [...]

Triangle inequality theorem

Updated: 2010-09-18 01:44:55

Find here a nifty definition and explanation of the triangle inequality theorem

Math Education Informational Pizza Dinner

Updated: 2010-09-17 00:52:52

Behrend Math Blog Math Education Informational Pizza Dinner By MICHAEL RUTTER on September 16, 2010 6:52 PM No Comments No TrackBacks MATH EDUCATION SECBC Informational and Recruitment Pizza Dinner September 30, 2010 6:30 pm 144 Hammermill Teaching faculty will discuss the Math Education major and its . requirements Faculty will share which MTHED courses are intended to be offered for future semesters . nbsp If you would like to attend , nbsp please RSVP by emailing Joe Previte jpp4 psu.edu or Jodie Styers jls98 psu.edu Categories Job Related Tags Math Education No TrackBacks TrackBack URL : https : blogs.psu.edu mt4 mt-tb.cgi 182385 Leave a comment Name Email Address URL Remember personal info Comments You may use HTML tags for style Search About this Entry This page contains a single

Math Seminar: September 21, 3:30 PM

Updated: 2010-09-16 02:16:54

: Behrend Math Blog Math Seminar : September 21, 3:30 PM By MICHAEL RUTTER on September 15, 2010 8:16 PM No Comments No TrackBacks School of Science : Math Seminar Dr . Joseph Paullet Professor of Mathematics Penn State Erie , The Behrend College Tuesday , September 21, 2010 3:30pm 168 Nick Analysis of a Boundary Value Problem Governing Marangoni Convection This talk will investigate a boundary value problem governing Marangoni convection over a flat surface . nbsp The problem involves a nonlinear third order ordinary differential equation and we will discuss how the number of solutions varies depending on the values of the physical parameters of the problem . nbsp The analysis will use calculus and will be accessible to . undergraduates Cookies provided Categories Seminar Tags Seminar No

Lastest “estimate Fractions” News

Updated: 2010-09-16 02:03:43

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Great Article for Teachers to Share With Parents!

Updated: 2010-09-15 18:58:17

A colleague forwarded the following article to me that I think is fabulous for teachers and parents. (Thank you to our fabulous developer Aja!) As a teacher, I would have loved forwarding this article when setting the stage for math as it’s taught today. Maybe it will be useful to some of you: BBC News [...]

Lastest “free Fractions Worksheets” News

Updated: 2010-09-15 07:19:43

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Mathematics and Multimedia Carnival #3 posted

Updated: 2010-09-14 04:07:23

The Mathematics and Multimedia Blog Carnival #3 has been posted. Starting next months the Carnival will travel. I’ll be hosting #4 (a number that’s easy to say something about.) Please submit your articles using the official form. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Mathematics and Multimedia Carnival #3 posted", url: "http://wildaboutmath.com/2010/09/13/mathematics-and-multimedia-carnival-3-posted/" });

Princeton University Press giving away a copy of “Calculus Lifesaver”

Updated: 2010-09-13 18:37:06

Wild About Math Making Math fun and accessible Home About Articles Math contest problem links Videos Princeton University Press giving away a copy of Calculus Lifesaver” September 13th , 2010 by Sol I just received this email from my publicity contact at Princeton University Press and thought it worth passing . on This week , Princeton University Press is giving away a copy of Adrian Banner’s Calculus Lifesaver to one of our facebook fans or twitter followers . I thought you might want to share news of this with your readers , friends , colleagues , and or students . The Calculus Lifesaver and the wonderful videos of Banner’s lectures , links below has helped thousands of college students ace calculus . The best way I’ve heard this book described is that it is not a book about how to do

Lastest “kids Math Learning” News

Updated: 2010-09-13 07:19:54

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Happenings – 2010 Sept 12

Updated: 2010-09-12 18:28:18

I’m not sure I should try writing this with a small television in my peripheral vision showing the first semi final match of this year’s US open… but I’ll try anyway. (That was yesterday.) Let’s see. Last weekend I continued working on the next regression post. I got distracted from what I intended to write… [...]

My recent blog articles at Equalis

Updated: 2010-09-12 14:27:47

I’ve been blogging about the Math blogosphere at Equalis. Here are my three most recent posts: 9/9 9/2 8/26 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "My recent blog articles at Equalis", url: "http://wildaboutmath.com/2010/09/12/my-recent-blog-articles-at-equalis/" });

Lastest “kids Math Activities” News

Updated: 2010-09-12 10:22:26

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Lastest “kids Math Help” News

Updated: 2010-09-11 22:20:11

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Problem Solving Contest: Question 1

Updated: 2010-09-10 20:00:23

: Behrend Math Blog Problem Solving Contest : Question 1 By MICHAEL RUTTER on September 10, 2010 2:00 PM No Comments No TrackBacks Penn State Behrend Math Club Problem Solving Contest Problem 1 Solutions Due : Friday , September 24 th Dr . Rutter's Office Benson 87 Take a right triangle with height a and base b Transcribe a square in the triangle . Find the length of the side of the square in terms of a and . b All entries will be assigned a score of 1-5. Scores are based on accuracy and . presentation The student at the end of the semester with the highest point total will receive a , prize a math t-shirt of your . choice See Dr . Rutter for more . information Categories Problem Solving Contest Tags Problem Solving Contest No TrackBacks TrackBack URL : https : blogs.psu.edu mt4 mt-tb.cgi

Decimal to binary converter

Updated: 2010-09-08 20:47:43

A decimal to binary converter that will convert a decimal number into the binary number system

Math Club Meeting September 15th, 6:00 PM

Updated: 2010-09-08 15:09:07

The first Math Club Meeting will be held September 15th at 6:00 PM in Reed 112.There will be FREE PIZZA and GAMES!!!

Unlocking Learning Potential with Dreambox

Updated: 2010-09-07 17:21:14

DreamBox Learning is an exciting company that provides engaging, individualized and, yes, effective learning experiences for young students. This nimble technology infuses fun into learning and delights students, parents and teachers alike. For years, education technology has existed on the periphery of instruction, often providing after-the fact, rear-view perspectives on a child’s progression. Today, we [...]

Gas cost calculator

Updated: 2010-09-06 18:35:30

Use this gas cost calculator to get your annual gas cost, monthly gas cost, and your MPG (miles per gallon)

Happenings – 2010 Sept 3

Updated: 2010-09-04 16:58:13

What’s been happening since last Saturday morning? Clearly, I put out a short post about Euler angle sequences. It was quite nice that it was a short post, a couple of hours instead of half a day or an entire day. I’ll try not to worry about it the next time a post seems like [...]

DreamBox Customer Service Hours Have Expanded!

Updated: 2010-09-03 16:59:46

In an effort to better serve our DreamBox users, our Customer Support team will now be available two hours earlier, from 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST, Monday through Friday. We’re here to answer any of your support questions; from troubleshooting, to helping you and your child get the most out of your DreamBox experience. In [...]