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How to Work and Play with PEMDAS Learn a mnemonic that will help you remember the rules of PEMDAS and…
How to Write Small Numbers with Scientific Notation Learn how scientific notation can be used to make reading and writing…
How to Use “Casting Out Nines” Faster By Jason Marshall, PhD The Math Dude November 29, 2011 2 minute read …
How to Work with Negative Exponents What do negative exponents mean? By Jason Marshall, PhD The Math Dude February 1,…
Imaginary Numbers in the Real World Although every complex number has a so-called “imaginary” part, in many ways they’re just…
Is Multiplication Repeated Addition? Learn what it really means to multiply two numbers and whether or not you should think…
Is There a Difference Between Odds and Probability? Grammar Girl joins us to ask two grammar-related math questions. First, what…
Martin Gardner’s 3 Penny Puzzle June 26, 2015 4 minute readAre you a fan of brain teasers? If so, you’ll…
Polygon Puzzle: How Many Degrees Are in a Polygon? February 3, 2017 4 minute readHow many degrees are in the…
The 5 Steps of Problem Solving December 30, 2016 5-minute readDo you ever find yourself stuck on math problems before…