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An interesting problem came up in conversation with a College Preparatory School freshman the other day, so I thought I'd share it with you: 100! (pronounced "one hundred, factorial") is the result of taking "100 times 99 times 98 times..." and so on, all the way down...

Hello from vacation! New York City, as it happens. I'm spending the summer emphatically not working, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a little math every now and again.Perhaps that's true for you, too. So, here are the titles of a few books I read last year, and...

As I see it, the issue that's missing here is this: a good teacher will use examples to illustrate a point, whereas a great teacher will convey the underlying point in a way that will prompt the student to generate the examples him- or herself.

This is the part of the current overarching financial picture that worries me most: parents simply unable to send their kids to college.

I've thought for a long time that it would be great if math got the same treatment as sports. I've also thought that that is possible. (More on this thought in future posts, as I work towards making it happen!)But for now, a quick look at what happens when the little...