How to Calculate Using Japanese Abacus Part 1
In Japanese language, the abacus is called soroban. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to use the soroban. In Japan, students learn to use abacus formally in the third grade. Believe it or...
View ArticleYoungest Math Teacher? 4-Year Old Explains Area of a Pentagon
Who is the youngest math teacher you know? Well, there’s a 99% probability that the teacher in the video below is younger. His name is Miguel Secillano III and he is 4. The way he explains solutions to...
View ArticleHappy with the Amazon Kindle Voyage
Recently, I hurt my eyes by spending too much time in front of a computer, so I decided to buy an alternative gadget which I can use for reading that will lessen my exposure to LED monitors. I bought a...
View Article4 Interesting Things about the Japanese Counting Systems
It is a good experience to learn different ways of counting. For the past one and a half years that I was in Japan, and I have learned some small nuances between their counting systems and ours. Here...
View ArticleSad News: John Nash dies at 86
Perhaps the saddest news this week are the deaths of famous mathematician John Nash, 86, and wife Alicia, 82 in a car accident last Saturday, May 23. Nash was known for his work in Economics (Game...
View ArticleMath and Multimedia got hacked today, twice!
Math and Multimedia got hacked today, not only once but twice. The website was redirected to online website selling medicines and drugs. I called the hosting service this morning and they got it fixed,...
View ArticleMath and Multimedia turns 6
Math and Multimedia turns 6 today. This blog started in 2009 in WordPress.com and since then has been updated at least three times a week. Mathematics and Multimedia is a blog that discusses...
View ArticleGeoGebra Tutorial Updates
For the past two months, I have been slowly updating my GeoGebra tutorials for GeoGebra 5.0. Several of the new updates include the series on GeoGebra Essentials. The updates of other tutorial series...
View Article7 Must-See Mathematics Movies Inspired by True Events
I have watched many movies about mathematics, mathematicians, and about mathematics teachers, but I particularly like the seven below because they were inspired by true events. Although many of them...
View ArticleMath and Multimedia turns 7!
Math and Multimedia turns 7 today. I started this blog as a hobby but now it has grown into more than a thousand posts. Recently, it has been recognized as one of the top 100 math blogs for students...
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