I’m teaching a little group theory to my number theory class to more deftly explore the units in a mod. I want to design a project about groups in the wild, and thought puzzles/games might be good, I.e. the moves you can make on a Rubik’s cube form a group. That spark any ideas for anyone?
February 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m teaching a little group theory to my number theory class to more deftly explore the units in a mod. I want to design a project about groups in the wild, and thought puzzles/games might be good, I.e. the moves you can make on a Rubik’s cube form a group. That spark any ideas for anyone?
If you’re in a bind and really need to approximate the number 31, try cubing π
February 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you’re in a bind and really need to approximate the number 31, try cubing π
My god, an entire Reddit thread about the terrible PEMDAS math meme! But an actual real life book that has both ambiguous answers as multiple choice options AND has the correct answer as not the one I’d choose haha
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February 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My god, an entire Reddit thread about the terrible PEMDAS math meme! But an actual real life book that has both ambiguous answers as multiple choice options AND has the correct answer as not the one I’d choose haha
www.reddit.com/r/askmath/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/askmath/s/...
Simple problem we worked on today in Number Theory:
X=3 mod 5
X=5 mod 7
X=7 mod 11
We figured out a solution with some grit but there were some interesting clever ideas that the students had that I enjoyed.
X=3 mod 5
X=5 mod 7
X=7 mod 11
We figured out a solution with some grit but there were some interesting clever ideas that the students had that I enjoyed.
February 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Simple problem we worked on today in Number Theory:
X=3 mod 5
X=5 mod 7
X=7 mod 11
We figured out a solution with some grit but there were some interesting clever ideas that the students had that I enjoyed.
X=3 mod 5
X=5 mod 7
X=7 mod 11
We figured out a solution with some grit but there were some interesting clever ideas that the students had that I enjoyed.
Reposted by Bowman Dickson
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
January 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
‘Nickname’ is not ‘nick’ + ‘name.’
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
It was originally ‘ekename.’
‘Eke’ was the Middle English word for “also” or “in addition.”
Since ‘ekename’ began with a vowel, people used ‘an’ before it.
Over time, 'an ekename' became 'a nickname.'
Starting Number Theory elective tomorrow. Either going to start w the Chicken Nugget problem (if nuggets come in packs of 5 and 8, what’s the max amount that you cannot buy?) or having them try to explain the disability rules (why does adding the digits to a multiple of 3 work?). What would you do?
January 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Starting Number Theory elective tomorrow. Either going to start w the Chicken Nugget problem (if nuggets come in packs of 5 and 8, what’s the max amount that you cannot buy?) or having them try to explain the disability rules (why does adding the digits to a multiple of 3 work?). What would you do?
RIGHT IN MY VEINS
LAC 12 - 32 HOU
Final
That's Scorigami!! It's the 1091st unique final score in NFL history.
Final
That's Scorigami!! It's the 1091st unique final score in NFL history.
January 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
RIGHT IN MY VEINS
Snow day today — probably snow day tomorrow? Jimmy Carter funeral on Thursday means we can’t be at school. Professional day on Friday. This is a hilarious re entry after break for us in DC!
January 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Snow day today — probably snow day tomorrow? Jimmy Carter funeral on Thursday means we can’t be at school. Professional day on Friday. This is a hilarious re entry after break for us in DC!
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(20²5) + (2⁰25)
December 29, 2024 at 2:12 PM
(20²5) + (2⁰25)
Going to do a collab with the 4th graders with my senior data science class in January. What should we do??? So excited but need to think of a fun 20-30 minute activity
December 19, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Going to do a collab with the 4th graders with my senior data science class in January. What should we do??? So excited but need to think of a fun 20-30 minute activity
Update: this is by far the most engagement I have gotten on a BlueSky post, have confirmed that BlueSky is indeed, Philly forward
Is all of BlueSky very Philadelphia Eagles forward or have I accidentally stumbled upon a weird algorithm for myself, it’s not content I want
December 17, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Update: this is by far the most engagement I have gotten on a BlueSky post, have confirmed that BlueSky is indeed, Philly forward
Is all of BlueSky very Philadelphia Eagles forward or have I accidentally stumbled upon a weird algorithm for myself, it’s not content I want
December 16, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Is all of BlueSky very Philadelphia Eagles forward or have I accidentally stumbled upon a weird algorithm for myself, it’s not content I want
Reposted by Bowman Dickson
Score Update:
BUF 48 - 42 DET
Final
That's Scorigami!! It's the 1090th unique final score in NFL history.
BUF 48 - 42 DET
Final
That's Scorigami!! It's the 1090th unique final score in NFL history.
December 16, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Score Update:
BUF 48 - 42 DET
Final
That's Scorigami!! It's the 1090th unique final score in NFL history.
BUF 48 - 42 DET
Final
That's Scorigami!! It's the 1090th unique final score in NFL history.
Today’s vibes while we worked on a packet to prep for our midterms next week - calm jazz music and a projected cozy fire in the front of the classroom. Bonus for my freshmen: if you can’t hear the jazz music, you’re talking too loud
December 12, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Today’s vibes while we worked on a packet to prep for our midterms next week - calm jazz music and a projected cozy fire in the front of the classroom. Bonus for my freshmen: if you can’t hear the jazz music, you’re talking too loud
Let’s say one were applying to be an admin, specifically an academic dean… what questions would you prep for in the interview?
December 2, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Let’s say one were applying to be an admin, specifically an academic dean… what questions would you prep for in the interview?
The little guy I tutor in Algebra 2 can’t draw infinity symbols, so he turns the whole paper sideways and draws an 8 whenever he needs to write one 🤗
November 14, 2024 at 11:30 PM
The little guy I tutor in Algebra 2 can’t draw infinity symbols, so he turns the whole paper sideways and draws an 8 whenever he needs to write one 🤗
Hello #iteachmath and #mtbos, feels like a crew is reforming over here and I’m HERE FOR IT. I long for the robust online community we used to have. Let’s start sharing and asking and responding to stuff
November 14, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Hello #iteachmath and #mtbos, feels like a crew is reforming over here and I’m HERE FOR IT. I long for the robust online community we used to have. Let’s start sharing and asking and responding to stuff
Doing a schedule design for my school. I want to make a tiny app where people can adjust preferences (start end time of day, class meeting amount of time/frequency, other community time etc) and then have it print off a treemap of their preferences and have them save. I want to do this in R Shiny
October 25, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Doing a schedule design for my school. I want to make a tiny app where people can adjust preferences (start end time of day, class meeting amount of time/frequency, other community time etc) and then have it print off a treemap of their preferences and have them save. I want to do this in R Shiny
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Begging people to understand the difference between “Harris could be better on this issue” and “Harris and Trump are the same on this issue.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Harris Campaign Has Offered Trans People Almost Nothing
Harris has been virtually silent on trans rights, and her policies would disproportionately benefit well-off trans people.
www.thenation.com
October 15, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Begging people to understand the difference between “Harris could be better on this issue” and “Harris and Trump are the same on this issue.”
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,254,823!
September 18, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,254,823!
I can tell it’s the end of the year because I have heard myself saying “sounds like a you problem” a few times in the past week and I know deep down that that’s not a thing I should ever say at school 🙃
May 24, 2024 at 1:14 AM
I can tell it’s the end of the year because I have heard myself saying “sounds like a you problem” a few times in the past week and I know deep down that that’s not a thing I should ever say at school 🙃
Wouldn’t it be cool if upper level math classes in high school were themed electives kind of like English classes?
Number Theory and Cryptography
Sports Analytics
The Geometry of Geography
The Math of Computing
Number Theory and Cryptography
Sports Analytics
The Geometry of Geography
The Math of Computing
April 23, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Wouldn’t it be cool if upper level math classes in high school were themed electives kind of like English classes?
Number Theory and Cryptography
Sports Analytics
The Geometry of Geography
The Math of Computing
Number Theory and Cryptography
Sports Analytics
The Geometry of Geography
The Math of Computing
Teaching a number theory class next year which is exciting! How would you go about prepping for it??
April 13, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Teaching a number theory class next year which is exciting! How would you go about prepping for it??
A kid had solved an equation wrong on his homework today and he claimed he had “misspelled” it which I loved
February 29, 2024 at 1:38 AM
A kid had solved an equation wrong on his homework today and he claimed he had “misspelled” it which I loved
Special triangle shower thought:
A 45-45-90 triangle could have sides of length rt45-rt45-rt90 but a 30-60-90 triangle couldn’t have sides of length rt30-rt60-rt90
🤯
(An unsatisfying rt30-rt90-rt120 instead bah)
A 45-45-90 triangle could have sides of length rt45-rt45-rt90 but a 30-60-90 triangle couldn’t have sides of length rt30-rt60-rt90
🤯
(An unsatisfying rt30-rt90-rt120 instead bah)
February 26, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Special triangle shower thought:
A 45-45-90 triangle could have sides of length rt45-rt45-rt90 but a 30-60-90 triangle couldn’t have sides of length rt30-rt60-rt90
🤯
(An unsatisfying rt30-rt90-rt120 instead bah)
A 45-45-90 triangle could have sides of length rt45-rt45-rt90 but a 30-60-90 triangle couldn’t have sides of length rt30-rt60-rt90
🤯
(An unsatisfying rt30-rt90-rt120 instead bah)