Posts in More Math Tidbits

Isn’t Math Wonderful? – May 2024

Caveat Emptor! Here’s a tip that might save you money or at least some misery.  Have you ever noticed that carpet is often priced by[…]

Special Math Dates in 2024

(Some) SPECIAL MATH DATES IN 2024 Here are just a few (see #5) of the mathematically special dates in 2024.  Some of passed already, but[…]

Isn’t Math Wonderful? & Pesky Puzzler 24.1 – Jan ’24

Consider this January 24, and look at its date, written with the two-digit year:  1/24/24.  Note that the month (1) times the day (24) equals the[…]

Start with 80 beers!

Crazy as it sounds, it works! 🙂 Yes, but only if you’ve NOT yet had your birthday in ’21.  If so, you need to add[…]

Perfect Numbers

If a number’s proper divisors (the divisors other than the number itself) add up to the number itself, we call the number perfect (partly because this is SO rare!).[…]

Is Zero (0) Even or Odd? (Or Neither or Both?)

A whole number is even if it is divisible by 2.  Equivalently (since sometimes there is confusion with 0 and the word ‘divisible’), a whole number[…]

The Pythagorean Theorem – Amazing & Beautiful!

Most of us ‘memorize’ (what we think is) the Pythagorean Theorem.  And it seems to be one of the few things we claim to remember[…]

What is PI really? Enlightening background and history.

This needs to be said carefully, but pi is technically a ratio.  More below, but first:  a ratio is a comparison of two quantities, as in ‘the ratio of[…]

Special Math Dates in 2016

Here are just a few of the mathematically special dates in 2016.  I hope you’ll have fun celebrating them – I know I will! 1.[…]

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