Category Archives: Maths
Star Wars: The integers awaken
Combine negative and positive integers for a power boost! Will your space vehicle win the race? Play now!!!
The beauty of Mathematics
BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS from PARACHUTES on Vimeo.
Prime Numbers – Sieve of Eratosthenes
The Sieve of Eratosthenes is a simple, ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer. In this case we are using a 100’s chart.
Why is ‘x’ the unknown in Math?
Why is ‘x’ the symbol for an unknown? In this short and funny talk, Terry Moore gives the surprising answer.
Mathematical beauty
For understanding the golden ratio and how it relates to beauty. Please, activate subtitles in english for better understanding.
Mathematician John Nash, inspiration for film ‘A Beautiful Mind,’ dead in car crash
John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie “A Beautiful Mind,” has died along with his wife in a car crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. He was 86.
Taking a percentage
There are several different ways to solve problems involving percentages, decimals, and fractions. Watch as find the percentage of a whole number.
“Sweet number Pi” song
The number π is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter “π” since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes spelled out … Continue reading