By Mathnasium | April 8, 2019
How do you feel about math? Many people say they either love or hate math, with no middle ground. They think if they aren’t really good at it then they must be really bad at it, or that if they don’t have a STEM job where they use math all the time then they will probably have a job where they don’t need it at all.
By Mathnasium | December 20, 2018
(UCLA Anthropologist P. Jeffrey Brantingham directs the UC Mathematical and Simulation Modeling of Crime project and co‐founded PredPol – The Predictive Policing Company.)
Jeffrey Brantingham’s predictive policing software helps protect one out of every 33 people in the U.S.
During his 20 years digging up the bones of early humans in Tibet and Mongolia, anthropologist Jeffrey Brantingham never thought he’d end up fighting crime in the big city.
By Mathnasium | December 13, 2018
Worried about finding the perfect gift for the math-lover in your life? Never fear, we’ve got you covered! The following gifts range from clothing to home decor, from gadgets to games, and even a tiny bit of edible math! No matter who you’re looking to buy for, you’ll find something in here to put a smile on their face and an equation in their heart!
By Mathnasium | November 30, 2018
What are two staples of the holiday season? Why, snow and cookies, of course! With the Mathnasium December math activities your family can have both in the comfort of your own home.
By Mathnasium | November 1, 2018
We’re fond of saying that, just as parents read with their children, they should also “math” with their children. Why? Families who engage with their children mathematically improve their children’s enjoyment, motivation, and achievement in math.
By Mathnasium | August 20, 2018
Photo: Lynne Harty
You don’t have to understand math in order to make great music, but it helps. Music is intrinsically mathematical, and the two disciplines have a symbiotic relationship.
By Mathnasium | July 30, 2018
We want to introduce the importance of “numerical fluency” and learning basic “number facts.”
Picture this scenario. A teacher asks a classroom, “If you spend 70 cents, 80 cents, and 90 cents, how much did you spend altogether?”
The teacher is thinking:
“7 + 8 + 9 = 24. With a zero at the end, the answer would be 240 cents.”
However, our “finger counting” students, which is sadly too many of them, are thinking:
By Mathnasium | July 9, 2018
Improve your family travel with a few fun and engaging kids math learning games. These are great as kids car games, airplane games, or train games!
Kids who get bored while traveling often start bickering or complaining, making every minute feel like an hour. Parents may be tempted to give in to the easy fix, allowing more screen time than usual. If you’d prefer to limit screen time and keep kids entertained and engaged with family, we’ve got some great ideas. Rather than have the kids “tune out” with electronics, have them “turn on” their brains with the following A+ math games!
By Mathnasium | June 25, 2018
When you add two apples with three apples you get five apples. When you add two bananas with three bananas you get five bananas.
When you add two apples and three bananas do you get five banapples?
By Mathnasium | June 18, 2018
If you want to build the “most played PC video game” in all of North America and Europe, you need math. Lots of it.
Sure, computers do the heavy lifting, but if you don’t understand how linear algebra works, it’s game over.
So says software engineer Eric Friedman, who works on League of Legends (LoL), the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game that’s topped the charts since its debut in 2009.
Before I came to Mathnasium, I could sum up everything I felt about math in one word: 'EVIL!' I hated math. ... Mathnasium has been my safe haven. They truly have shown me the light when it came to addressing my fear and provided me with the tools that I need to rebuild my prior knowledge so that I won't forget it. Math is no longer a subject I shy away from but it is a subject I can boldly accept and understand.
Roxanne, 12th grade
