Comments on: Math Patterns

By: Nikki Workman

Nikki Workman — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 03:35:04 +0000

You lost me at “perimeter of a rectangle”…

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:35:23 +0000

Mum, it was my doing, or “I came across something I thought was pretty cool.”

By: annegb

annegb — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:25:21 +0000

I loved my college math classes, but they started out remedial and then I had a lot of tutoring, but I enjoyed it.

I think math and light are the main ways God works. Not the spiritual stuff, I mean, but I think the spiritual stuff will make sense mathematically, too.

By: Sally

Sally — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:53:12 +0000

I agree Mary.. I LOVE reading.. I did love Math until they brought the alphabet into it then it got confusing.. then I hit grqade 10 and it all made sense and I got very good at it.. now I have FM and I have to keep calling a certain unnamed person to ask how to do percentages again!!! Good thing I never forgot how to read!!

And Kim did Sinead come up with this all on her own or was this your doing?

By: rick

rick — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:59:53 +0000

Jeff, it sounds like we have the same taste in books (I’ve already read Ratio as well).

Have you read Impossibility by Barrow?

It’s a mind-blower as far as I’m concerned.

I also really enjoyed the Code Book by Singh (I think that’s the author).

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:20:06 +0000

well *i* like READING, not math :)

however, sinead does enjoy math (and loves reading).

By: Jeff Milner

Jeff Milner — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:58:08 +0000

For those that like math and reading, I highly recommend “The Golden Ratio” by Mario Livio.

(You don’t have to be good at math to appreciate the beautiful interaction between mathematics and nature).

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 14:43:54 +0000

math fun? surely you jest. money is fun…well, when you have it. ok, sometimes. whew some of these lottery winners aren’t having so much fun lately.

READING is fun. :)

By: rick

rick — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:34:59 +0000

Hey Kim,

3×25 = 5x(5×3)
simplified: 25 = 5×5
or: 25 = 25

I would hope this always works, since all you’ve done is rewritten the squared number as a product of its’ roots. The 3 is irrelevant.

Math is fun. Even more fun when it makes you money.

;)

By: Kris

Kris — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:13:19 +0000

What the…….?