PODCAST · education
The Math Playground
by Nick Johnson
Unbridled Mathematical Adventures: An Invitation to Experience the Enchantment of Mathematics.
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Happy Perfect Day
628 is special indeed
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Math Olympiad Problem
Can you solve this? Can we incorporate Exploding Dots too?
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Infinite Square Root Fun
What happens when you take the square root of any positive number an infinite amount of times?
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“Of means multiply” Really?
Curriculum on fractions tends to be muddled… Does “of” really mean multiply?
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Divisibility test for 69
More fun playing with 69
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19
69 is Super Nice
69 has an amazingly interesting mathematical property
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64^x + 64^x + 8^x = 1
Can you make an attempt to solve for x here?
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Howie’s Meme
Make subtracting “mixed numbers” easy on yourself
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Math connection post
A post from the Math Connection that looked a little fun
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Curious divisibility rule for 37
This algorithm is just weird…
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The beginning story of Exploding Dots
Mathematics is a joyous, uplifting, audacious, bold, wonder-filled, and playful human endeavor
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A Mathematician’s Lament (part 1)
If you’re going to teach math at any level, then you need to read A Mathematician’s Lament
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No algorithm needed for binary division
Fun dividing in binary with Exploding Dots
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11
Mental Math Bar Trick
Exploring multiplying by 11
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Another divisibility by 7 test
We can prove yet another divisibility by 7 rule via the Joy of Exploding Dots 💥
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What’s your favorite number?
Numbers can be narcissistic and perfect
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31¹³ vs 17¹⁷
Which is greater?
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You can prove a divisibility rule for 19
Can you make sense of and explain these curious divisibility rules?
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We can create Every Single Counting Number using four 4s
The power of logs 😉
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Forward of Pi of Life
The beautiful forward of Pi of Life: The Hidden Happiness of Mathematics
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An elegant proof every student should be exposed to
I don’t understand the proof that pi is irrational… but I know that √2 certainly is
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A weird and mysterious divisibility rule
This mysterious rule becomes so clear when viewed with Exploding Dots
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Joyful division
Long division doesn’t need to be overcooked broccoli
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Unbridled Mathematical Adventures: An Invitation to Experience the Enchantment of Mathematics.
HOSTED BY
Nick Johnson
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Unbridled Mathematical Adventures: An Invitation to Experience the Enchantment of Mathematics.
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