We had visitors over from my wife’s family, and the young father of a four-year old boy was teaching his son how to spin a coin on the table. He said, “I think a coin can be spun with one hand? Can you do it?” [...]
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I know that in the last post I mentioned that it is pretty much impossible to explain to immature minds what the benefits of learning math or any other skill is. But I assume if your a Math Mojo reader, you have a pretty mature mind. (Cool sentence, eh? I get to flatter both [...] What the heck does writing backwards have to do with math? For me, it’s a sort of warm-up exercise to get me into the creative, non-judgemental flow of opening my mind. This helps let answers come to me that my mind would otherwise have blocked out. It makes thinking less of a chore and [...] With so many things in bloom here in rural upstate New York, I figured it’s time for some new Ideas with Math Mojo. One of them is the addition of a new segment, called, “Strange Powers of the Mind.” Look for a lot more weird stuff like this at Math Mojo. Sign up for [...] |
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