Discussing mathematical explorations, games, and learning
6 Aug, 2015
In this post I plan to hit you with not one, not two, but three bamboozlers! And they’re real beauties. Once again it will be infinity that is messing with our minds. I think you’ll have a lot of fun …
22 Jun, 2015
In an earlier post, we looked at expanding binomial products. Remember how the result of the expansion is a mixture of the inputs — the numbers in the input do not appear in the result, but the numbers that …
19 Mar, 2015
Ratios and fractions are very similar things, since they are both arise from comparing the relative sizes of quantities. Let’s quickly review what exactly a fraction is. If you think of a “whole” as made up of some number of …
16 Mar, 2015
I was thinking about maths teaching the other day (I’m sure you’ll not be surprised to know this is something I often do) and in particular about the different approaches teachers bring to the subject. Teaching maths is a challenge …
14 Mar, 2015
A typical maths textbook presents equation solving in a very ordered, structured way. Starting with one-step equations such as 
, they introduce the single step solution process
before moving onto two-step equations such as 
. For these equations …
14 Mar, 2015
Welcome to the first mathematical post in The Mathenæum Blog. In this post, I have chosen to discuss expanding binomial products, because in many ways binomial products act as a bridge between elementary algebraic work, and more advanced applications …
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