The Math Playground

The Math Playground

Unbridled Mathematical Adventures: An Invitation to Experience the Enchantment of Mathematics.

Episodes

June 28, 2023 18 mins
628 is special indeed
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Can you solve this? Can we incorporate Exploding Dots too?
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June 13, 2023 7 mins
What happens when you take the square root of any positive number an infinite amount of times?
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June 13, 2023 7 mins
Curriculum on fractions tends to be muddled… Does “of” really mean multiply?
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June 12, 2023 8 mins
More fun playing with 69
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June 12, 2023 13 mins
69 has an amazingly interesting mathematical property
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June 11, 2023 9 mins
Can you make an attempt to solve for x here?
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June 9, 2023 7 mins
Make subtracting “mixed numbers” easy on yourself
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June 9, 2023 5 mins
A post from the Math Connection that looked a little fun
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June 8, 2023 8 mins
This algorithm is just weird…
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Mathematics is a joyous, uplifting, audacious, bold, wonder-filled, and playful human endeavor
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June 7, 2023 11 mins
If you’re going to teach math at any level, then you need to read A Mathematician’s Lament
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Fun dividing in binary with Exploding Dots
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June 7, 2023 12 mins
Exploring multiplying by 11
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June 7, 2023 14 mins
We can prove yet another divisibility by 7 rule via the Joy of Exploding Dots 💥
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June 6, 2023 21 mins
Numbers can be narcissistic and perfect
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June 6, 2023 10 mins
Which is greater?
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Can you make sense of and explain these curious divisibility rules?
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The power of logs 😉
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June 5, 2023 15 mins
The beautiful forward of Pi of Life: The Hidden Happiness of Mathematics
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