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MathMojo has been on the move. Mostly with new Ideas for bringing you math inspiration and methods.

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Math “Facts”, Multiplication, Memory, Mind

I just read an interesting and valuable post by a concerned parent at “Mindless Math Mutterings” (which are anything but). I like that blogger’s thoughtful posts about education.

 

This particular post was about becoming and expert with math “facts.”

 

I have one observation that I feel has been terminally left out of this discussion, though:

 

Although the basic [...]

Lowest Common Denominator (LCD)

This post is about meaning and math

First we’ll learn a math concept – Lowest (or Least) Common Denominator (or LCD). Then we’ll talk about how it’s sometimes used in everyday life.

In layman’s (non-mathematician’s, in this case) terms, the LCD is the largest partition of something that will also go into another thing of the [...]

Maia on the lawn

Maia on the lawn

Once again, not much to do with math on this post. Just testing my new flickr acount, and how it integrates with this wordpress blog.

This is our dog Maia. She is a golden retriever, and is six years old. She was born in May, [...]

Algebra – What is it good for? – Absolutely nothing(?)

For those who are not aware of it, you can get daily e-mails updates to online articles, web-pages, blog posts etc., that have been recently posted, about any subjects you like, through google alerts.

I get alerts on topics like “homeschool math” and “basic math.” The second of those two alerted me to a great [...]