A few weeks ago, someone shared a link to www.mathworksheetscenter.com in a comment and I wanted to pass it along to you all, as some of the free articles there looked quite helpful. The articles are located at http://www.mathworksheetscenter.com/mathtips. I especially liked many of the high school articles, as they gave some practical ideas on…
Year: 2008
New Math Curricula Reviews
I recently reviewed two math resources—Professor B’s Power Mathematics and Maximum Math, and reorganized my math review page to hopefully make it a bit more user friendly. I always hesitate when posting a review because not every resource or curricula works for every person. We all have different learning styles and specific needs. So please…
“Biblical Math” May Not Really Mean Biblical
I was recently reminded of the fact that many people use the term “biblical math” to mean something very different than I do when I use it. So I thought it might be beneficial to take a look at some different ways the term has been used. Many use the term “biblical math” to refer…
Balancing, Measuring, and Such
Money Fun
A recent trip reminded me of one practical way math serves as a useful tool–money conversion. On our trip, we saw prices listed in dollars, pounds, euros, forrents, and marks–and needed to use some quick math to figure out how much we were really spending : ). We employed addition, subtraction, division, and round/estimating at…
Free Workshop Invite, Book Update, Math Information Online
Things have been piling up to post, so this post will contain quite a few different things. Free Workshop First off, I wanted to invite you all to attend a workshop this afternoon (Tuesday, March 18, 2008) at 1:00 p.m. CST I’ll be giving on teaching math biblically. You can attend right from your computers–and…
The Golden Ratio – The Creator’s Mark Throughout His Creation
Updated 11/13/15 Some time ago, someone wrote and suggested I write something on the golden ratio. I hope to finally post something on the topic today (this post has been in progress now for QUITE some time). The “golden ratio” is a special name given to describe a ratio that seems to relate indirectly or…
