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<description><![CDATA[Joe is a prolific writer of self-help and educational material and an award-winning teacher of both college and high school mathematics. Joe has worked with students from the kindergarten through university levels and has taught everything from basic reading strategies to complex mathematics. From the seminal collection of verse, Poems for the Mathematically Insecure, to the novel Wiz Kid Algebracadabra series, Joe has won from all over the world unsolicited testimonials to the effectiveness of his teaching methods. The diverse genre of his writings (novel, short story, essay, script, and poetry)--particularly in regard to its educational flavor-- continues to captivate ... ]]></description>
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<title>Basic Math Facts - Exponents</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Exponents comprise a juicy tidbit of basic-math-facts material. Exponents allow us to raise numbers, variables, and even expressions to powers, thus achieving repeated multiplication. The ever present exponent in all kinds of mathematical problems requires that the student be thoroughly conversant with its features and properties.]]></description>
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<title>Basic Math Facts - Combining Like Terms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In mathematics, you have four primary operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Given that subtraction is the inverse of addition, multiplication is repeated addition, and division is the inverse of multiplication, you see that the other three operations are indirectly involved from addition. In this sense, there is truly one binary operation in mathematics---addition. Binary operation refers to the use of a mathematical operator, such as addition, on two numbers or variables. Since we see how important addition now is, we should understand thoroughly one of the most important tasks in all of mathematics---that of combining like terms.]]></description>
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<title>Basic Math Facts - Properties of Real Numbers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When studying algebra, students need to understand the realm in which they find themselves. After all, one can easily get lost amidst all the formulas, equations, variables, and mathematical symbolism. The real numbers are those entities which play the pivotal role in algebra. Here we look at some of the most basic and fundamental properties so that this subject becomes more meaningful for the student.]]></description>
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<title>Fearless Trigonometry - The Pythagorean Identities</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:53:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[That's really all there is to it.  And that my dear friends is how we use one identity to obtain two others for free.  Maybe there are no free lunches in life, but at least sometimes there are free lunches in mathematics.  Thank God!]]></description>
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<title>Imagine If We Had More Kids Like This One</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:38:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Anyone who reads the news regularly or who keeps up with current events, knows that the country is in deep trouble. Unrelenting fiscal debt, staggering unemployment figures, and consumer confidence levels that have not been this low since the Great Depression. So it is heartening when I read in the newspaper something more positive, such as the story about fourteen year old Cheyenne Hua, a ninth-grader at Hunter College Junior High School in Queens, New York, who is coming up with ideas to prevent fatalities from speeding drivers and to ward off future victims of such calamities as hurricanes and flooding.]]></description>
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<title>Basic Math Facts - Numbers, Variables, Equations, and Sets</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:00:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In order to master mathematics, at least at the basic levels, you need to know the language. Without being able to recognize basic facts and concepts, you can never truly understand this subject. Armed with a solid knowledge of the building blocks such as numbers, variables, equations, and sets, the student has a good shot at doing well in this subject and moving progressively along the ranks.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Calculus - Implicit Differentiation</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:42:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Of the two branches of calculus, integral and differential, the latter admits to procedure while the former admits to creativity. This notwithstanding, the realm of implicit differentiation provides substantial room for confusion, and this topic often hinders a student's progress in the calculus. Here we look at this procedure and clarify its most stubborn features.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Algebra - Working With Exponents - Part II</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In Part I of this article, we discussed how to work with exponents, specifically how to simplify expressions which involved multiplying like bases, raising an exponent to another power, and the property of any expression to the 0th and the 1st powers. Here we examine the distributive and quotient properties of exponents.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Algebra - Working With Exponents - Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Mastering algebra requires that the student be cognizant of the properties of exponents. Exponents occur repeatedly in algebra and indeed in all higher branches of mathematics. Here in this series of articles we discuss what an exponent is and how to handle and simplify expressions involving powers.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Mathematics - Fractions Are Key - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 10:09:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In order to master mathematics, you definitely need to master fractions. These appear in every single aspect of this discipline, from algebra to calculus to engineering to related fields like physics. Fractions present a lot of trouble to students, yet most of these problems can be easily resolved if the right approach is taken. Here in Part II, we examine some other techniques necessary to master this area.]]></description>
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<title>Centigrade to Fahrenheit - A Quick Conversion Method</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having just returned from Columbia, South America, I realized the usefulness of a quick conversion method from Celsius to Fahrenheit that I learned quite some time ago. For us Americans who only think in terms of our temperature scale, this method gives a quick conversion without any mental gyrations. I found it very handy while I was out of the country and I am sure you will find it useful as well.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Mathematics - Fractions Are Key - Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you study mathematics, you simply cannot and will not escape fractions. Thus a mastery of this topic is essential. Fractions and their closely related cousins, percents and decimals, spawn problem after problem for many students attempting to make headway in arithmetic, pre-algebra, algebra, pre-calculus, and yes---even calculus. These two-headed monsters pop up everywhere. So love them or hate them, you best know them. Here we discuss some things to help dominate these mathematical bugbears.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Mathematics - Divisibility Rules</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:43:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To master mathematics, you have to know the rules. The more tools you have in that tool shed, the more likely that one will get the job done. Here we explore divisibility properties for the the numbers up to 11. Once you add these properties to your arsenal, you will be that much further along to mastering this most difficult subject.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Mathematics - Absolute Value</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 08:46:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Absolute value is an important concept in mathematics. The duality of absolute value makes this concept problematic and hard to grasp for students. Yet this need not be the case. When looking at absolute value for what it really is, that of the distance from a given point to 0 on a number line, we can put this abstraction into its proper perspective. Let us explore this topic in more detail so that it never presents a problem again.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Algebra - The Equation of the Circle</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:43:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As one of the conic sections, the circle is probably the most important of these curves. When studying analytic geometry (the relationship between the algebraic formula for a curve and the actual graph) students are required to learn how to recognize the circle as well as to graph it. Here we discuss the simplest way to recognize this curve, put it into suitable algebraic form, and graph it on a coordinate grid.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Algebra - Avoid These Pitfalls</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:00:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Algebra is the gateway to all higher mathematics. No two ways about it: if you do not master algebra, kiss your mathematical pursuits goodbye. Yet struggles with algebra often are encountered because of common pitfalls which can be avoided. Here we discuss how to overcome some common mistakes and how to avoid some nasty pitfalls. If you avoid just these two pitfalls, you will be way on your way to mastering this discipline.]]></description>
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<title>What Children Need to Succeed in Mathematics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[All children can succeed in mathematics. How do I know this? My empirical experience approaching thirty years tells me this is so. My intuition tells me this is so. You just need to know what to give your children, and more importantly, what not to give them.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics in Plain English - What Is an Inverse Function?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:12:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In mathematics, an inverse function essentially undoes what the given function does. If we think in terms of domain and range, then if a given function takes a value x in the domain to a value y in the range, then its inverse function takes that same y value in the range and sends it back to the x value in the domain.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics in Plain English - What Is an Onto Function?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:11:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In mathematics, an onto or surjective function is one in which the range is equal to its codomain. The codomain is the target set of y values which are generated from the set of x values for which the function is defined. In formal terms, a function is onto if for all y in the codomain there is at least one x in the domain such that f(x) = y. In plain, English, this means that there is no value in the set of possible y values on which the function is defined which does not come from an x value in the domain of definition. Let's explore this a little further.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics in Plain English - What Is a One-To-One Function?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Functions are extremely important in mathematics as they serve as the window to all higher realms in this discipline and also as the models on which most of applied mathematics lie.  An understanding of this concept is essential in order to progress to higher levels.  Here we discuss a specific characteristic of functions, that of being one-to-one.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics in Plain English - What Is a Function?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:40:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most important topics in all of mathematics is that of a function. As most other terms in mathematics, function has a formal definition which tends to obscure its simple meaning. In plain English, a function is nothing more than a rule, which establishes a relationship between two or more variables.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics in Plain English - What Is a Vector?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 08:49:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A vector is nothing more than a directed line segment. Technically speaking, a vector is defined as an object that has both a size, or magnitude, and a direction. Vectors have many applications in mathematics and are found abundantly in fields like physics and engineering. Examples of vectors are velocity, acceleration, and force.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics in Plain English - What Is a Polynomial?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:45:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In order to understand mathematics, first you have to speak the language. The problem is, with mathematics, unlike French or German or any other spoken language, this dialect is replete with difficulty and at times quite incomprehensible. And in mathematics, even when you understand something, you still often feel as though you really need to understand it even more. Thus it certainly helps if you can get off to a good start by at least understanding some of the language. Here we give insight into what a polynomial is.]]></description>
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<title>Vectors, Complex Numbers, and Points - What's in a Name?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:24:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In order to develop a mastery in mathematics, you need to know that certain things are exactly the same and only differ in the name we give them. Thus the case with fractions, percents, and decimals, on a basic level, and vectors, complex numbers, and points on a more advanced level. Here we look at these latter three and discuss them in a bit of detail.]]></description>
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<title>Teaching Your First and Second Graders to Count by Twos and Threes</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:45:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A key core competency of mathematics for your first and second grader is that of being able to count by twos and threes. As easy a task and this might seem to you or me, this competency often presents much trouble to youngsters and is often only learned after much repetition and painful experience. Yet there is a very easy and neat trick, might I add, to facilitate its learning so that your youngsters can focus their attention on other important learning skills.]]></description>
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<title>Teaching Your First and Second Graders to Be Superstar Learners</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:44:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing should be more important to you as parents than that of being excellent stewards and promoters of your children's education. Your children having been given such a coveted advantage, a fine education will pay handsome dividends in the years to come. Yet how do you foster a love of learning into your at times unmotivated first or second grader, especially given the plethora of outside distractions?]]></description>
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<title>Teaching Your First or Second Grader to Read</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:06:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What could be more fundamental than reading? What greater gift can you as a parent give to your youngster than that of the ability to be a great reader? How do you accomplish such a great legacy? Let's find out.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-Calculus for Dopes - Composition of Functions - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:28:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that we have explored the two ways of composing functions, those of the step-by-step and dummy variable approach, we can now apply these methods to more advance functions and their respective compositions. As you will see, these methods allow you to obtain the composition quite easily without some of the confusion that is often presented by these problems.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-Calculus for Dopes - Composition of Functions - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:03:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One topic in pre-calculus that gives students pause is composition of functions. Yet this concept is surprisingly simple. A big part of the problem is the repetitive use of the independent variable as the argument of the given functions. This can be dealt with by a suitable substitution, or by following the step-by-step approach outlined here.]]></description>
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<title>Go Green, Go Mathematics</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:33:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have not caught the trend by now, you should: Green is in, and everything else, well, is out. And if you thought that mathematics was not at the forefront of the green movement, then think again. We see this in a Florida utility plant that is harnessing the mathematical properties of the parabola to redirect the sun's rays and create a greener earth.]]></description>
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<title>In Mathematics, Word Problems Can Be Fun</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:03:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest hurdles your youngster has to overcome in school is the terrible bugaboo which is a math word problem. During my many years of private instruction, the one complaint I have heard all too many times is that of the inability to conquer the word problem. Yet word problems can be tackled successfully. This article outlines how.]]></description>
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<title>What the Buddha Knew About Mathematics But Never Told You</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:31:15 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the heart of Buddhism is the concept that stillness reigns supreme, that by virtue of stilling the mind and emptying it of its contents, one can become enlightened. What is mind-startling about this premise is the truth that rings loudly from its core. What we shall see here through a mathematical example is how the Buddha was indeed right: form does arise from emptiness and emptiness is actually form. It is all in the perception.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? The Real Number Line and the Continuum - Miracles in and of Themselves</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:25:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["The continuum is that which is divisible into indivisibles that are infinitely divisible."- Aristotle The idea that there are myriad infinities boggles the mind and makes us wonder what we really do know. As the quote implies, we can take the real number line and divide it into such small pieces, literally indivisibles, and then be left with something that is yet infinitely divisible. Wow! Maybe we should stick with more mundane stuff like how to use the latest application on our smartphones; but then, we would not have half as much fun. Come on. Take the ride with me.]]></description>
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<title>Time Is Infinite - Or Is It?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:14:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When we think of time, we often assume time always was and always will be. Yet time is a man-made construct, bounded only by the limits of our minds. According to astrophysicists, the universe is fourteen billion years old. Earth is a mere five billion years old. To motivate this discussion of the limits of time, I ask a simple question: where were you five billion years ago when the earth was formed?]]></description>
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<title>Music and Mathematics - There Are Many Connections</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 10:48:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you thought music was not a mathematical language, then think again. In fact, music and mathematics are very much intertwined, so much so that I guess you could say one could not live without the other. Here we examine a relationship that clearly demonstrates the strength of this tie. Let the music begin.]]></description>
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<title>Secrets to Improve Your Kids' Math Scores - Let Them Play Music</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:29:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that the school year has kicked in full force, many parents look to November as back-to-school night when they meet their children's teachers for the first time and get an assessment of how well or poorly their little juniors are doing. Historically, the subject of math has provided ample cause for concern as many students lag in this subject and struggle. Yet one secret to better grades is quite simple: let your kids play music.]]></description>
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<title>Advanced Mathematics - Can Someone Please Help Me!?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:48:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For those adventurous souls out there who try to plumb the depths of more advanced mathematics, I certainly give you credit for your efforts. Studying advanced mathematics can be very humbling, to say the least. You feel good about yourself because you think you are smart, and then you read something on advanced mathematics and you realize how little you understand. At least that is the way I usually feel. The sad thing is though, it may not be that you and I are not bright enough but that the teachers and writers of this particular subject fail terriby at what they do. Thus the cry should be, "Can someone please help me!"]]></description>
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<title>In Math Fractions Are Strange But Decimals Are Even Stranger - Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Most people agree that fractions are a bugbear in mathematics. Wherever they rear their ugly heads, they wreak havoc on both novice and expert alike. During my years teaching mathematics, I have seen many a mistake directly attributable to fractions. Yet with all the wacky considerations of fractions, decimals prove to be far stranger when you plumb the depths of this curious arena. In this two-part series of articles, we are going to examine some of these "outer-worldly" qualities.]]></description>
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<title>In Math, Fractions Are Strange But Decimals Are Even Stranger - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:24:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We were told in Part 1 of this series of articles that decimals were indeed a wacky bunch in the numbers arena. Unabashedly we were told that the non-terminating repeater 0.999... was exactly equal to 1, even though it seems that this long decimal always comes up a little short. Here we show how the rigor of mathematics gaps that shortage.]]></description>
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<title>Why Advanced Mathematics is Hard</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:17:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are wondering why you have trouble understanding the likes of advanced mathematics, you might consider that the writing and teaching quality in this field is abysmal at best. As someone who has studied mathematics at the graduate level and beyond, I can say without reservation that there are very few books, and indeed, even fewer teachers, who can convey an understanding of this subject at the higher reaches.]]></description>
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<title>SAT Math Strategies - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:23:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the first part of this article we discussed the three core elements of a basic SAT score boosting strategy, specifically time pacing, omission, and answering. A solid knowledge of these three methods will afford the prospective college-bound high school junior or senior an effective way of boosting the SAT math score by at least 50-100 points. Here we go into the details of these strategies and the best ways in which to implement them.]]></description>
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<title>SAT Math Strategies - Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) is a major hurdle for those high school juniors looking to get into a competitive school. The new SAT has changed considerably from the one that was administered just a few years ago. The main differences arise on the English section: now an essay is required, the word analogies have been replaced by grammar questions, and the reading comprehension includes shorter sections that were not on the older version. The math section has remained the same insofar as being composed of three sections but the slant has been toward more advanced algebraic and analytic concepts than before. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Algebra? - Special Products - The Sum and Difference of Two Cubes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[There are two special products in algebra that are worthy of mentioning: the sum and difference of two cubes.  Although the quadratics are much more common, the cubes and indeed higher order polynomials find their place in all sorts of interesting applications.  For this reason, learning to factor x^3 + y^3 and x^3 - y^3 deserve some attention.  Let us explore them here.]]></description>
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<title>How I Became a Mathematician - It's Not As Serious As You Think</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:35:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I don't know.  I guess it all happened back in high school when a friend of mine called out in algebra class how much he hated logarithms.  After that remark, I figured I was in for trouble as I   was your average Sylvester Stallone look-alike, and certainly not what you would consider the "math nerd" type. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Algebra? Completing the Square It's Not As Hard As You Think</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:28:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most useful techniques in algebra is that of completing the square.   The name is appropriate as the geometric interpretation encompasses the formation of a square from a rectangle by the addition of an appropriate quantity.  Geometry aside, this technique has many applications, not only in algebra, but also in more advanced realms such as integration, which is a key component of integral calculus.  Here we will see that this technique can be had rather inexpensively.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Algebra - Recognizing Special Products and Their Factors - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:49:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the key difficulties in algebra is learning to recognize special products and their respective factors.  For example, the special polynomials which are formed by the difference of two perfect squares and perfect square trinomials have standard factors which can easily be obtained once one recognizes...]]></description>
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<title>Trigonometry For Dopes - The Sine and Cosine</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:25:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Trigonometry is hailed as a rough subject, particularly for precocious high school students brave enough to wade into its potentially turbulent waters.  Notwithstanding "trig" challenges, the key to mastering this subject really lies in the basic understanding of its two key players: the sine and cosine.  All the other features of this fascinating subject really derive from the shenanigans that these two play on unsuspecting students.  Consequently, before students plunge into this mysterious realm of triangular measurement and other identities, they should make sure they are intimately familiar with its two key players and the critical roles they play.]]></description>
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<title>Mastering Algebra - Recognizing Special Products and Their Factors - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:02:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that we understand some key algebraic terminology, we are prepared to recognize some special products and to be able to factor them accordingly.  Herein we master how to recognize and factor both differences of perfect squares and perfect square trinomials.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics, Numbers, and The Symmetry of God</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:46:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple. - S. Gudder. Indeed mathematics is a domain where brains get rankled and minds seem to lose their grips on reality. Yet in this seemingly mad world, simplicity metamorphoses from complexity; normality evolves from irrationality, and order blossoms from chaos. If you doubt these propositions, then observe the bizarre symmetry in the following numerical calculations, and then see whether you are still skeptical that God does in fact indwell numbers and mathematics.]]></description>
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<title>School's Back - Are Your Kids Ready?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:32:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[September lurks around the corner while the kids are trying to squeeze every last drop out of summer fun.  With September comes back to school and for most kids that means getting up early to attend class, doing homework assignments and projects, maybe hitting the library for the really ambitious, and of course no more late nights on the computer-at least we parents hope.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Solving Multi-Step Linear Inequalities - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 08:03:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we discussed in Part I, multi-step linear inequalities are quite easy to solve. Essentially, the steps involved are much like those used to solve an equation. There is one situation, however, in which the technique to solve an equation and inequality differ and that is when we multiply or divide by a negative number. The reason for this will become clear as you read on.]]></description>
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<title>In Mathematics There is No Hypocrisy</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:59:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mathematics is rife with beauty. Yes beauty. Oh, maybe not the type of physical beauty you are thinking of but a beauty that can only be perceived when you study this subject in all of its fabulous environs. One particular beauty that hooks me to this discipline like no other is that of being without hypocrisy. That's right. In mathematics there is no hypocrisy.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Solving Multi-Step Linear Inequalities - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:21:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike an equation, which shows balance or harmony among two expressions, an inequality shows imbalance. That is, an inequality states that one expression is bigger than or less than another expression. Linear inequalities involve expressions which are lines, or linear equations. These inequalities are solved much the same way as equations with one key difference. Read on to enter this curious world.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - A Lesson in Predation - Does the Cheetah Catch the Gazelle?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:01:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Imagine that you are a hungry cheetah grazing out on the savannah in Africa. The sun is blazing overhead at a cool 110 degrees Fahrenheit and because of the recent heat you have been unable to locate any prey to eat because they have all been hiding out in some cool shade somewhere. Suddenly off in the distance you espy a delicious looking gazelle. You know it is hot, but you have one last burst of energy. You know you can run up to 60 miles per hour. The catch looks possible. The question is, do your calculations make sense? because if they don't, you don't get to eat once again.
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<title>Math and Twitter - What's the Tweet?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:28:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Social networking platforms are popping up faster than you can say "twitter." So now besides checking your text messages on your mobile phone, your three or so email accounts, you must check your facebook page, your myspace page, and of course your twitter account. ]]></description>
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<title>Math and Cooking - Know Thy Fractions</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:04:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Knowing math has afforded me countless advantages in life which would be too numerous to mention here. Aside from feeling more adequate in everything I do, math gives me the edge when it comes to problem solving, strategizing, planning, and yes even cooking! In the recipe above, the problem becomes one of scaling down the ingredients to accommodate 4 chicken breasts instead of 6. In terms of fractions, this means that you have 4/6 or 2/3 of the required chicken. To adjust the recipe so that everything stays in the same ratios, we need to take 2/3 of the other ingredients. Ah, fractions those devils!]]></description>
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<title>How to Succeed in Algebra - Factoring Non-Monic Trinomials - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:58:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Part II of this article, we are going to examine a sure-fire way to factor non-monic trinomials. We are going to examine the proof which gives us this powerful method. After you are done with this presentation, you will not only be able to factor any non-monic, you will understand the reason why this method works.]]></description>
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<title>How to Succeed in Algebra - Factoring Non-Monic Trinomials - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:03:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the stumbling blocks for students in algebra is factoring what is known as non-monic trinomials. Simply stated a non-monic trinomial is one of the form ax^2 + bx + c, in which a is greater than 1. These present a challenge in factoring because the traditional "guess-and-check" method produces too many possibilities to try. The approach outlined in this series of articles will not only show the fail-proof way of slaying these trinomials but also give the reason, or proof, as to why this method is valid.]]></description>
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<title>Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - Multiplication Shortcuts Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:10:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Did you ever watch an illusionist pull off one of those amazing mind-blowers in which a rabbit appears out of a seeming empty hat? Or one in which, a previously torn piece of paper with unique writing on it is miraculously restored whole? These mind-bending illusions might really seem like magic but there is a trick behind every one. Similarly with math, multiplying lightning fast might seem like an illusion, but there really is a trick behind it. With various shortcut techniques, some of which will be outlined here, you too can seem like a mathematical illusionist.]]></description>
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<title>The Earned Run Average (ERA) In Baseball - Nothing More Than a Complex Fraction</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:20:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that baseball season is well under way, many of you might be wondering how that statistic called the earned run average (era) is computed. You might know that this stat reflects a pitcher's allowed, or earned, runs per nine innings. But did you know that this stat is nothing more than a complex fraction in mathematics and can be calculated with a nice little trick?]]></description>
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<title>And You Thought Fractions Were Hard?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:48:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fractions as you know are formed by taking the quotient of two integers. Thus 1/2 and 4/5 are fractions because they are formed by the quotients of 1 and 2, and 4 and 5, respectively. Fractions are a real headache for most students of math, and the arithmetic of fractions-particularly addition and subtraction-has been known to cause many a student's nightmare. Yet as troublesome as these beasts are, take heart: there are worse mathematical monsters out there.]]></description>
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<title>Amazing Numbers - The Fractions Are Dense But the Reals Are Even Denser</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:39:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Numbers are the foundation of all mathematics and numbers are the ticks to the mathematical clock. Maybe I'm just strange but numbers never cease to amaze me. What kinds? All kinds. You have the natural numbers, the integers, the fractions, and the reals; and these last two really never cease to impress me because of their mystical properties.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:30:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In Part II of this article, I discuss how you use Pascal's Triangle to expand a binomial to the fourth power.  In particular, we examine...]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics and Let's Make a Deal - What's Behind Door Number 1?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:55:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Suppose you had the chance to be on the famous 1970's game show "Let's Make a Deal" which was hosted by the genial and oft witty Monty Hall. You are given a choice of three doors to select from, behind one of which is a new car.  You select door Number 1. The witty Monty Hall decides to open up door Number 2 to reveal a goat. He now gives the chance to switch your door selection. The question is do you switch or stay with your original selection?  Well a knowledge of mathematics, and in particular variable change, tells you what to do.]]></description>
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<title>The Benzene Ring and Math - What's the Scoop?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:50:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For those of you chemistry students out there, you know that the benzene ring is one of the most prevalent ring structures found in organic chemistry, and this chemical compound finds itself involved in many chemical reactions and even enmeshed in the ring structures of innumerable organic compounds.  Moreover its versatility as a chemical reagent allows it to be used to synthesize drugs, plastics, gasoline, synthetic rubbers and dyes.  So what does this have to do with math and in particular geometry?]]></description>
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<title>Teacher Pay - Fair and Balanced?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:59:57 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With a new President-Elect and the coming of a new administration, education will be a key issue in the coming years. For many teachers out there, the topic of professional compensation is a hot item. For years, politicos have been pushing agendas to try to reform teacher pay so that an educator's compensation was more in line with other mainstream professionals. The question is, "How do we make teacher pay fair and balanced, while insuring that we are not overcompensating the weak links in the chain?"
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<title>Why Study Math? - Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:28:55 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many times in mathematics we find a fascinating relationship between two different objects.   Such is the case with a curious triangle and the coefficients of a specific expression.  The curious triangle is called Pascal's Triangle, eponymously named after the famous French mathematician, and the specific expression is a binomial expansion, obtained by raising a binomial to an integral power.]]></description>
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<title>Mathematics - Beautiful For Many Reasons</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:05:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mathematics is rife with beauty. Yes beauty. Oh, maybe not the type of physical beauty you are thinking of but a beauty that can only be perceived when you study this subject in all of its fabulous environs. Whether it be the elegance of a particular formula or the economy of expressing something very complicated in a concise way, mathematics trumps the field of aesthetics in a manner worthy of praise.]]></description>
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<title>Calculus For Dopes - It's Not That Hard - The Antiderivative</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:56:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are of the belief that everything has an opposite, then when it comes to the calculus you are absolutely right, in that the derivative has its very own opposite: the antiderivative.  The process of taking the derivative of a function is known as differentiation.  The process of going from the derivative back to the original function is known as "antidifferentiation," or integration.  Both processes have important applications in mathematics, and, by extension, the real world.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - How About Solving Rubik's Cube?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:13:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you think that math does not teach you things like solving Rubik's cube?  Then think again.  My ability to figure out the 3x3 cube lies not so much in my inherent brilliance but because my mathematical training taught me how to problem solve and to figure out things that without such training, I would never have figured out, or even attempted.  Not that the Rubik's cube is as difficult as the Einstein Field Equations, but with 43 quintillion possibilities, it is certainly no walk in the park either.  Mathematics helped train me to tackle this brain buster.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Group Theory and Subparticle Physics</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:33:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In the field of abstract algebra, a mathematical entity called a group plays a key role that resonates throughout the fascinating meadows of this intriguing discipline.  Still more fascinating is that the theory of this mathematical creature, or "group theory," was thought early on by mathematicians to have only intellectual appeal.  That is, nobody in his right mind thought that the group and its concomitant theoretical aspects would ever serve mankind in any way other than to stimulate his cognitive awareness.  Yet as irony would prove, the mathematical group would prove to be the pathway to understanding particle physics and the subatomic entities that spin the tales of this most curious science.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Calculus? - Related Rates</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:39:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the more interesting applications of the calculus is in related rates problems.  Problems such as these demonstrate the sheer power of this branch of mathematics to answer questions that would seem unanswerable.  Here we examine a specific problem in related rates and show how the calculus allows us to come up with the solution quite easily.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Functions and Rules</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:04:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most important concepts in mathematics is that of a function.  Although the topic of function can appear abstract, it is nothing more than a specific rule between two sets of mathematical objects.  These sets are usually numbers, but they do not have to be restricted to such mundane entities.  The sets might consist of more interesting objects, such as matrices or vectors.  This notwithstanding, a function is nothing more than a rule that associates with each member of one set another member of the other set.  Here we discuss this exciting concept in a little more detail so that the next time you see or hear about it, you do not avert your eyes or go cowering away in fear instead of joining in on the conversation.]]></description>
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<title>Numbers - How Big is Big?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:39:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Natural Numbers form the set of numbers beginning with 1 and sequentially adding 1 to go 1,2,3,... ad infinitum.  Although infinite, the Natural Numbers do not display an infinity as "big" as that of the real numbers; however, they are certainly big enough to permit the counting of very large quantities: to wit, the distances in miles between stars, and the number of sand grains on a given beach.  Yet as big as the previous quantities might be, we can think of still larger quantities.  So how big is big?]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Calculus? - Volumes of Irregular Shapes</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:32:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it would seem that learning mathematics is hardly worth the effort.  All those painful techniques and formulas, replete with grotesque and hideous symbolism, would detract even the heartiest from diving headfirst into this strange world.  Yet when you come to understand that such arcane features actually serve purpose, you begin to realize that mathematics solves very difficult problems with an economy that would make the most niggardly cheapskate proud.  Such is the case with calculus.  Here we look at how this discipline allows us to calculate the exact volume of some very bizarre shapes.]]></description>
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<title>Teachers, Teach - Don't Preach!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:52:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The crisp dry September air is hurtling around August' corner, and you can feel, taste, and smell the first days of school, looming tantalizingly behind that inspiration you received during the quickly fading summer.  Yet inspired though you may feel, you still cannot overcome the frustrations of last year, when student apathy and lack of interest in your goods made teaching day to day seem like an eternity.  What can you do, you ponder, to make this year different?  How can you motivate your students, both the slackers and the hackers?  Maybe some simple advice holds the answer.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Bruce Lee Would Be Proud</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 08:59:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting how a fighting technique using the nunchaku weapon, the octagonal oak sticks connected by a short chain or string, which were immortalized by Bruce Lee in his famous martial arts film, "Enter the Dragon," and mathematics, particularly parametric equations, could be so nicely entwined.  It is as though mathematics has no favoritism when popping its head up in all kinds of seemingly unrelated fields.  Read on and you will see how the nunchaku and math are so related.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Parametric Equations</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 09:12:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Math abounds with confusing topics.  From arithmetic to algebra to calculus and beyond, there always seems to be some topic that creates confusion, even in the hardiest of students.  For me, parametric equations was always one of those topics.  But as you will see in this article, these equations are no more difficult than arithmetic. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? - Solving Linear Systems by Linear Combinations</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 15:42:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that we have seen how to solve a system of linear equations using the substitution method, we move to a more convenient method known as linear combinations.  With this method-also known as addition-subtraction-we eliminate one of the variables by adding an appropriate multiple of one of the equations.  We can then eliminate one variable and solve for the other.  Once done, we use the other equation to solve for the other variable.   ]]></description>
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<title>Prime Numbers And The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just as atoms are the building blocks of elements, prime numbers are the building blocks of arithmetic.  This comparison becomes justified when we consider that all composite numbers can be uniquely generated by a specific product of primes.  This last statement is one of the most important in number theory and is known as the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? Linear Systems and the Substitution Method - Part II</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:49:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we are quickly learning from my series of articles on lines and their applications, the power of these mathematical objects should not be taken for granted because of their simplicity.  Lines and more specifically, linear systems, find important applications in the fields of telecommunications, signal processing, and automatic control, the last field of which deals with such interesting things as the programming, guidance, and control of ballistic missiles.   In the first article in this series, we examined how to solve a linear system by the method of substitution.  Here we will look at some basic problems which employ such linear systems.   ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? Linear Systems and the Substitution Method - Part I</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After having read my previous articles on lines and their representative equations, we are now going to look at these objects two at a time, in which case we have what is known as a linear system.  When we have two lines, and we try to graph them on the same coordinate plane, three things can happen: one, the lines may never intersect, in which case they are parallel; two, the lines may coincide, in which case they are identical; or three, the lines can intersect in one point, the unique solution of the system.  Here we are going to look at how to find that unique solution using the method known as substitution. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? Using Lines to Make Predictions</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:02:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Lines in math can be expressed various ways using equations.  Each equation is called a linear model.    Here, we are going to examine why it is even worth our time to learn about such models and their representative equations.   After this investigation, we will come to understand the power of these seemingly innocent and simple mathematical entities.]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? Linear Equations and the Point-Slope Form</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:06:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As we saw in the article"Why Study Math? - Linear Equations and Slope-Intercept Form," linear equations or functions are some of the more basic ones studied in algebra and basic mathematics. Here we are going to take a look at and examine another common way of writing linear equations: the point-slope form.   ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? Linear Equations and Slope-Intercept Form</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:03:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Linear equations or functions are some of the more basic ones studied in algebra and basic mathematics.  The import of these functions is that they model many real world phenomena and a key component of them, the slope, is a springboard concept for the realm of the calculus.  That's right: the basic idea of rise over run, or slope, within these equations, leads to all kinds of interesting mathematics. ]]></description>
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<title>If At First You Fail, Remember Many Great Ones Before You Did Also</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:27:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have tried and failed, fear not: many great ones before you have experienced this fortune.  What is important is not whether you have failed, but what you have done after such failure.  Did you feel sorry for yourself and give up all hope of success? Or did you dust off the sweat and blood, and vow to come back stronger, and eventually win the prize?  Depending on your course of action, you may end up another casualty of the ne'er-do-well society, or you just might end up making your mark on life. ]]></description>
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<title>Advanced Mathematics - What Does it All Mean?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:17:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you think mathematics is a difficult subject, you should try studying some of the more advanced branches like abstract algebra before you come to such a conclusion.  It is in these higher realms of this most distinguished subject that one learns about mathematical structures like groups, fields, and rings, and the properties inherent in these objects.  After a jaunt through such mysterious realms, one comes away with a new appreciation of this most fascinating subject.]]></description>
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<title>Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - Mastery of the Multiplication Table</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:17:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learning your multiplication facts does not have to be hard.  In fact, depending on how you look at it, this feat can be quite fun.  Repetition does play a role, but knowing some cool tricks can be the difference between success and failure.  So why struggle with multiplication when mastering this arithmetic operation can be yours easily?  Here you get the key to mastery of the most important table you will ever learn.  ]]></description>
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<title>School Administrators - Get Off Your Teachers' Backs!</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:34:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[School administrators, do your teachers a favor and get off their backs and let them teach.  This is especially true for the non-tenured teachers, and the ones that really have their hearts in the profession.  Yes, we all know you administrators have a job to do.  But do us all-and indeed the country-a huge favor: worry about more serious things like violence and drug abuse in your schools and less about what kind of classroom management skills your teachers have. ]]></description>
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<title>Teach Your Kids Arithmetic - Multiplication Shortcuts - Part I</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:10:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When Gauss said that mathematics was the queen of sciences and arithmetic the queen of mathematics, he was not lying.  Without arithmetic, there could be no mathematics; for the essence of this most challenging discipline lies in the ability to manipulate numbers and figures.  Multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction form the core of arithmetic operations.  In this article, we will examine some niceties regarding the first of these four operations. ]]></description>
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<title>Trigonometry for Dopes - The Touchy Tangent</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The tangent is the last of the three principal trigonometric functions.  It derives its name from the Latin tangere for "to touch."  This derivation is relevant to the actual mechanics of the function and the manner in which the tangent works to give us some important measurements in life.  You see, the tangent allows us to compute the maximum and minimum values of a function, and this application has significant weight in the real world.   ]]></description>
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<title>Trigonometry for Dopes - The Sine's Better Half</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:10:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you read the first article in this series, then you know the sine is an important trigonometric function.  Yet as important as the sine is, and as myriad the formulas and mathematical laws that it finds itself entwined in, one finds in the study of trigonometry an equally formidable ally: the cosine.   ]]></description>
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<title>From Fractions to Calculus</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:21:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So you want to learn higher math? Calculus, you say? Well, let me state right here and now that if you don't master fractions, guess what? Did I hear what I think you said? Yes, that's right. You will never learn calculus.]]></description>
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<title>Homeschooling - Do It Right or Don't Do It At All</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:56:34 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When it comes to homeschooling your son or daughter, it is important to realize that you are assuming a huge responsibility in the shaping and molding of his or her education.  You really do not have that much time or flexibility to try out a hundred different approaches and programs until you hit on the right one.  You need to have some guiding mechanism which insures that you are achieving your objectives. If you don't, the one who suffers is your son or daughter. ]]></description>
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<title>Trigonometry for Dopes - What's Your Sine?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:08:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Trigonometry is a word which derives from the Greek, meaning "measure of triangles."  Its origins can be traced back to early Mesopotamia where sailors and navigators invented this discipline to help determine position and location.  To think an act so simple as the measurement of triangles and the study of relationships between its angles and sides could harbinger the development of a mathematical discipline which in turn would find itself involved in such diverse fields as astronomy, navigation, music theory, acoustics, optics, electronics, economics, number theory, pharmacy, chemistry, geodesy, cartography, crystallography, architecture, oceanography, engineering, game theory, ultrasound, cryptography, meteorology, seismography, medical imaging (i.e. CAT scans), phonetics, statistics, and biology, to name a few-then you have thought rightly. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Study Math? Trigonometry and SOHCAHTOA</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:34:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Trigonometry is that curious branch of mathematics that deals with the measurements and relationships of the various triangles and their sides and angles.  It would appear hard to imagine that so seemingly unglamorous a discipline as this would find itself intertwined in so many physical applications of the world around us and in many branches of physics and upper mathematics.  Yet this is indeed the case. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the Year Right - Work Your Brain</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:44:32 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that the New Year is upon us it's time to start putting all those creative resolutions into action.  Do you want this year to be a same boring repeat of last year or do you want to make those changes that will really impact your life in a positive way?  Even if last year was a good one, it's time to make this one an even better one.  Let's start by resolving to work our brains so that all the other things fall into place. ]]></description>
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<title>So How Smart Are You Really?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:34:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why is being smart so important? And of the two, being smart or being beautiful, which one ranks first?  What if you are one of the lucky ones that is both smart and beautiful-and what if you are also rich?  God, some people are so darn lucky!  Really, being smart is considered an important attribute and most people would never admit to being anything less.  So how do we determine whether you are smart or not, and if you pass muster, how do we rank you by degree of smartness?   ]]></description>
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<title>Materialism - How Much is Enough?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:15:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How materialistic our children have become never ceases to amaze me.  Did you ever look at what our children want and desire and how much these things cost?  Ed Hardy is making a killing marketing to our kids and so is Michael Jordan with his never ending barrage of new-release Air Jordans.  How much is enough?  What happened to the days of $2.95 Converses and $5 Levi Jeans?  No wonder our country is in the mess it is. ]]></description>
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<title>Making Money Fast - The Secret Is There Is No Secret</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:55:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You've read hundreds of the self-help books, in which the gurus tout a thousand ways to make  money and become an almost instant millionaire.  The internet is littered with hundreds - yes thousands - of programs that promise incomes of thousands per day, even per hour.  You were gullible enough to sign up and purchase some of these supposed "wealth-panaceas."  Yet you're still living paycheck to paycheck.  How come?  Read on. ]]></description>
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