When the conscious effort of coming up with an apt model drawing that connects the knowns and unknowns in a math word problem can enhance the readability or elegance of a solution—when a “look-see” proof could arouse an aha! in the problem solver.
If only more math educators were to practice mindful modeling, the number of students or homeschoolers embracing Singapore’s bar model method could potentially increase ten folds in no time.
by Numerati June 11, 2025
When the presence of the number π in a headline or image makes it more likely to be read even by someone who would normally have zero interest in the message.
by Numerati December 09, 2023
When you treasure your time in the toilet to let your wandering mind act as a catalyst to increase your chances of experiencing an aha about or on the number π.
Carlos looks forward to doing his daily business because on a few occasions he’s struck with some toilet pi epiphanies.
by Numerati November 12, 2023
When a white supremacist or/and chauvinist suspects that an ill-posed or poorly worded math question, or for that matter any mathematical faux pas, big or small, most likely comes from a woman/person of color/immigrant/LBGTQ.
While a team of math educators-turned-inspectors are still investigating the source of the “confusing” test question that led thousands of students into frustration or panic, the Blamer-in-Chief attributes it to a DEI math problem.
by Numerati January 31, 2025
An era marked by a rekindling or renewing interest in the number π thanks to social media and the metaverse, which has helped reveal its lesser-known beauty and power in many spheres of life, especially among an oft-semi-innumerate or math-anxious lay public.
The pinaissance has opened new business opportunities for mathepreneurs to propagate the gospel of π in popular culture.
by Numerati March 07, 2025
When math geeks are lured to visiting a supermarket or supermart that sells most things that look like a square or a cube: cheese slices, origami paper, Rubik’s cube, cream crackers, CD-ROM covers, condoms, and the like.
What are the chances that the opening of more “Everything’s a Square” outlets statewide or nationwide would attract both regular and curious customers to squaring a supermarket as they look for new square novelties or collectibles?
by Numerati October 11, 2024
When more and more countries around the globe are fast embracing the Singapore math curriculum, or part of it, so as not to be left behind educationally and economically, as they copycat or emulate the best educational practices used by local math educators and tiger parents, who have helped put the “fine” city of Singapore on the world’s math education map.
Like the democratization of music, the democratization of Singapore math ought to force math educators in the city-state to embrace the courage imperative, by turning barriers into breakthroughs, or obstacles into opportunities, if they want to maintain an asymmetric advantage over their counterparts in other high GDP economies.
by Numerati January 15, 2025