The traditional spinning-top dreidel game is fun and has math! Continue Reading →
The traditional spinning-top dreidel game is fun and has math! Continue Reading →
Check out the math in this strange and exciting furniture promotion based on the football championships! Continue Reading →
Did you know that by sharing a blog giveaway, you’re REDUCING your chances to win!? Sounds nuts – but there’s math behind it! Continue Reading →
Probability tree diagrams are a tool to help students find probabilities. But they can also be a puzzle. Learn how and get the FREE DOWNLOAD here! Continue Reading →
As promised, here’s the “hard way” to understand the Monty Hall Problem. A little math involved, but also the Back to the Future Time Machine! Continue Reading →
There are a couple of ways to explain the Monty Hall Problem – the easy way and the hard way. I have to make cheesy potatoes, so the hard way comes tomorrow… Continue Reading →
Want to get your homeschool teenager to do probability? Try heading to the bead shop first. This video shows probability in action with a beautiful end result. Continue Reading →
A fun puzzle from world famous Thiagi – and the number of different ways to solve it! Continue Reading →
The two previous posts showed how to tell the difference between permutations and combinations and how to work with factorials. Now you’re ready to do some calculations! Continue Reading →
Have you ever been told that “In permutations, order matters”? There are lots of permutation problems where there’s no ordering whatsoever. So how can you tell?!? Here’s how. Continue Reading →