MadMath

Reading some Mathoverflow the other day, I ran into some truly blood-boiling recollections in a discussion of "Examples of common false...

Did you know: As much as half the population doesn't know that zero is an even number? And that this can cause problems in cases like ga...

Here's a very nice cover story from NYC's alternative newspaper, the Village Voice, basically on the subject of my math teaching job...

Here's an exercise that I'm planning to use in my remedial arithmetic class in the near future. The question is: For each of the fol...

A common basic math exercise is to set up and solve a proportion (equivalence of two ratios, i.e., fractions), often in the context of some ...

You would not believe how often I see this mistake in a basic algebra class:

Tomorrow, of course, are the elections here in the USA for President and other elected positions. One month ago I posted "Bungled Elect...