Posted in Math blogs

To blog newbies

You may want to check out Blogineering.com, a new blog by my colleague Guillermo Bautista (author of Mathematics and Multimedia) and Riley Ayes. Blogineering is a site teaching the basics of blogging, tips in growing and promoting a blog, search engine optimization, and step by step tutorials on using different platforms.  The authors have already completed the WordPress.com Blogging Tutorial Series. The plan to develop other blogging platforms such as Blogger, Tumblr, Typepad, and others.

Posted in Algebra, Math blogs

Math and Multimedia Blog Carnival #12

Welcome to the 12th edition of Math and Multimedia blog carnival. Yes, you get a dozen posts this time.  Before we do that let’s look at some trivia about the number 12.

The number 12 is strongly associated with the heavens – 12 months, the 12 signs of the zodiac, the 12 stations of the Sun and the Moon. The ancients recognized 12 main northern stars and 12 main southern stars. There are 24=12×2 hours in the day, of which 12 are in daytime and 12 in nighttime.

In mathematics, twelve as we all know is a composite number and the smallest number with exactly six divisors, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12. Twelve is also a highly composite number, the next one being24. It is the first composite number of the form p2q; a square-prime, and also the first member of the (p2) family in this form. 12 has an aliquot sum of 16 (133% in abundance). Continue reading “Math and Multimedia Blog Carnival #12”

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Keeping Math Simple is now Mathematics for Teaching

Because this blog is dedicated to discussing mathematical ideas in the context of teaching them to k-12 audience I should rename it to “Mathematics for Teaching”. I do have some posts on other issues in mathematics education which frames some of the lessons discussed in the blog. Note that the domain name is now https://math4teaching.com. The old domain is http://keepingmathsimple.wordpress.com and still works, for now. Please update your links to this blog or better subscribe to my RSS or via email. Thank you.