300 TMD Math Is a Playground…So Play!
What’s the point of learning math? Why is it so important that kids are exposed to mathematical thinking? And what do parents and teachers n...
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The Math Dude Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier
The Math Dude makes understanding math easier and more fun than you ever thought possible. Host Dr. Jason Marshall provides clear explanations of math terms and principles, and his simple tr...
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20 of 299 episodes077 TMD How Are Distances and Absolute Values Related?
Learn how to use absolute values to find distances between numbers and places. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2lPuJQ7 Hosted o...
299 TMD How to Use Math to Fly Rockets to Space
What does it really mean for a satellite to orbit the Earth? What’s the math behind it? And what’s the math behind the rockets that get thos...
227 TMD Polygon Puzzle: How Many Degrees Are In a Polygon?
How many degrees are in the interior angles of a pentagon? Or a hexagon? An octagon? Or any polygon? Keep on listening to The Math Dude to l...
298 TMD The Simple Math Behind Crunching the Sizes of Crowds
How large was the crowd at the recent U.S. presidential inauguration? Or the inauguration 8 years ago? Or at last Saturday’s Women’s March i...
226 TMD Math Tips for Smart Shopping
Would you rather get a 33% bigger coffee for no extra charge or pay 33% less for the regular size? Do you know how to avoid being tricked in...
250 TMD How to Measure Time Without a Stopwatch
How can you measure time without using a stopwatch? You could use the movement of the Sun across the sky, you could watch a pendulum swing,...
297 TMD 4 More FAQs About Percentages
How do you quickly calculate 25% of a number? Or 33% of a number? Or 50%? And how can you quickly calculate percentage increases? Keep on li...
193 TMD The 5 Steps of Problem Solving
Do "word problems" make you cower in fear? Do you ever find yourself stuck on math problems before you even get started? If so, keep on list...
296 TMD How Many Gifts Are In the 12 Days of Christmas?
How many gifts should one's true love be given on each of the 12 Days of Christmas? If you stick to the recommendations from the classic son...
179 TMD Christmas Math 101
How long does Santa have to hang out when he's dropping presents off at your house? And how fast do his reindeer fly? Keep on listening to f...
295 TMD What Is the Probability that Alien Life Exists?
Are we alone in the universe? If so, why? If not, where is everybody? Thankfully, math can help us with these astronomically profound questi...
127 TMD How to Quickly Calculate Percentages
Learn a quick and dirty tip to help you calculate pesky percentages in your head. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2h6A1rU Hoste...
294 TMD How Are Turkeys and Extraterrestrials Related?
How many turkeys are consumed each year in the U.S. on Thanksgiving? And how many extraterrestrial civilizations might exist in the universe...
134 TMD What Are Mixed Fractions?
Learn what mixed fractions are and find out how they're related to regular fractions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
293 TMD Why Were the 2016 U.S. Presidential Polls Wrong?
The 2016 U.S. presidential election is over. And if you'd been following the polls, the results might have been surprising. What went wrong...
206 TMD How Big Is the Universe?
The solar system is big, the distances between stars bigger, and the distance to the center of the galaxy in which we live is even bigger th...
292 TMD How to Think About the Size of the Earth
Do you have a good feel for the size of the Earth? If you’re like most people, you know that it’s big but you don’t have a sense for exactly...
210 TMD 5 More Tips for Understanding Weights and Measures
How much is a gram? An ounce? Or a ton? If you don't have an intuitive feel for exactly how much mass these quantities represent, keep on li...
291 TMD How Does Geometry Explain the Phases of the Moon?
What causes the Moon to change phases throughout the month? Why is it sometimes visible only during the day and other times only at night? W...