Conceptual Mathematics

We had a tough problem in class today, and I thought I'd share it. The Scorpion and the Cricket Inside a rectangular room measuring ...

Okay , I beli eve you,  π   i s a number.  It may not be a number as I am used to working with numbers, but it represents an irrational num...

M. C. Escher was an artist who used strong mathematical understanding in his art.  He is know for many optical illusions such as Hand wi...

I love the metric system!  So does Bill Nye ! It makes sooooo much sense to me!  All conversions between centimeter and meter an...

I think I wanted to talk about Isometries just because I like the word so much.  It's one I've never heard before and it rolls of th...

Have you ever felt like there should just be a way to work with geometry and algebra, but on a computer? Well there is a great one, so le...

Even if it's been ages since high school geometry, I imagine that most people still remember how many degrees there are in a triangle.  ...