So much for the trope that such math was useless outside the classroom; I just couldn’t see past my own bad memories. Finally, I realized the problem had never been math, ...

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We envision the math police acting in a similar fashion to the grammar police. They will be citizens who point out the poor use of math by others and will not tolerate people who joke about being ...

A math class in Fall River, Mass., in 1916. (Lewis Hine/Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division) By Travis Meier. Human read | Listen 5 min.

Math professor Michael Lopez, a tape measure on his belt, paces in front of the 14 students in his “math for welders” class. ... you end up thinking they’re useless,” he said.

Square Root Day — an event that occurs only nine times in a century — was celebrated with a variety of math activities this week at the St. Augustine Elementary School gym. Square Root Day is ...

Many students complain and question math learning in school because they feel it isn’t necessary for their future lives. However, many students don’t realize that math is used and applied everywhere.

The Usefulness of "Useless" Math. RSA is the best possible type of public key cryptography, yet due to the high computation involved it is often not used to encrypt/decrypt simple messages. Instead, ...

I try to be a good dad. I love my daughter, guide her, care for her, protect her, I am always there for her. I do all the things good ...