by Jason Marshall Sometimes statistics* seems magical. Of course, there isnt really anything magical going onbut the fact that statistical methods can be used to pull useful information out of a hatful of messy data is, at a minimum, remarkable. And,

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

by Jason Marshall Lets kick things off with a bit of a strange question: If you were asked to walk up two stairs and then immediately back down three, how would you describe the total number of stairs youd climbed relative to where you began? Do any

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

by Jason Marshall In the last few articles, weve talked about fractions and percentages, and soon enough well see that these ideas naturally lead us into the world of decimal numbers. But before we head down that path, lets take a quick detour to tal

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(153) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

by Jason Marshall Todays article will walk you through the first steps of kicking your calculator dependency. This isnt something we can accomplish in a single article, so well be revisiting this topic periodically. Today, were kicking things off by

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(149) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

图片1 图片2 by Jason Marshall In the last article, we discovered that integers alone are not sufficient to fully describe the world around uswe need the fractions existing between the integers too. (In learning that, we also learned that fraction

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(141) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

by Jason Marshall Todays article is about decimal points and numbers and how theyre related to fractions. But first, the podcast edition of this tip was sponsored by Go To Meeting. Save time and money by hosting your meetings online. Visit GoToMeetin

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(151) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

图片1 图片2 by Jason Marshall Do you frequently find yourself at restaurants with friends fumbling to figure out how to split the bill and calculate the tip? Have you ever resorted to seeking advice from your smart phone? Dont worry, we all have.

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(169) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语

by Jason Marshall In the previous article we talked about using the number line to help you keep your signs straight when adding positive and negative integers. In this article were taking things one step furthernot just adding positive and negative

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 数学英语