Photo courtesy of tim ellis Welcome back to Math at Work Monday! (We took time off from this regular feature,...
Wooden Sandals: A math lesson+
Photo courtesy of purevintageclothing When I was a teenager in the 1980s, I wanted a pair of tan Dr. Scholl’s...
Saving for a Rainy Day (or for Singin’ in the Rain)+
Photo courtesy of Duncan~ If you run your own business — like I do — your personal and professional expenses...
The Real Cost of Car Ownership+
Photo courtesy of Håkan Dahlström Earlier this week, we took a look at one of the big personal finance decisions...
Dealership or Want Ads: Deciding between a new or used car+
Photo courtesy of Elsie esq. When you’re looking at your personal finances, the big expenses stand out. That means purchasing...
Math at Work Monday: Stephen the Realtor+
Photo courtesy of Diana Parkhouse When we moved to Baltimore almost seven years ago, my family and I found amazing...
Math of Homebuying: Three easy rules for budgeting+
Photo courtesy of Images_of_Money If you’ve ever been in the market for a house, you know what the real estate...
Spring into Good Personal Finance Habits+
Photo courtesy of Andres Rueda Over the last three years, there has been no bigger news story than personal finance....
Math and the Gender Gap: Does it affect financial planning?+
Photo courtesy of Betsssssy So let’s get one thing straight right away: men are not inherently better at math than...
Can You Afford a Mortgage? Debt to income ratio+
Photo courtesy of Diana Parkhouse Unless your last name is Trump or you were recently the last “Survivor” in Somoa, you’ll...
Ten Things Parents Wish Math Teachers Knew+
Photo courtesy of alkruse24 We’ve gotten advice from math teachers to parents and from students to math teachers. But parents...
Ode to Special Numbers+
Photo courtesy of Mykl Roventine There are numbers, and there are special numbers. Okay, so just like children, all numbers are...
Math Tricks: Good or bad?+
Photo courtesy of jin.thai When I do interviews or speak to groups about math, one of the things I worry...
Ten Things Students Wish Math Teachers Knew+
Photo courtesy of M I T C H Ǝ L L Two weeks ago, I posted Five Things Math Teachers...
Journey from Math Loser to Math User+
Photo courtesy of D. Sharon Pruitt Today, I’ve asked Siobhan Green to share her math story with everyone. As the...
The Math of Poetry (Yep, there’s a connection)+
Photo courtesy of TJOwens anyone lived in a pretty how town (with up so floating many bells down) spring summer...
Formulas: Or is this going to be on the test?+
Photo courtesy of Riebart Quick! What’s the formula for finding the circumference of a circle? Do you remember the Pythagorean...
Parlez-Vous Mathematics? Math as a foreign language+
Photo courtesy of theunquietlibrarian In redesigning my blog, I’ve read a lot of the posts I’ve written over the last...
I Spy With My Little Eye: Math around us+
You won’t need funny glasses to spot the math around you. (Photo courtesy of NASA Headquarters) As you know, this...
Five Things Math Teachers Wish Parents Knew+
Photo courtesy of adwriter Parents: when it’s time for math homework, do you suddenly have something else to do? When...
