Love it! RT @evelynjlamb: Math Experts Split the Check http://wp.me/p3gt4l-cc via @benorlin
Math Experts Split the Check
Sure, but the numbers work out more cleanly if we don’t p...
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December 3, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Love it! RT @evelynjlamb: Math Experts Split the Check http://wp.me/p3gt4l-cc via @benorlin
Nice article by @benorlin | When Memorization Gets in the Way of Learning | The Atlantic http://bit.ly/19FN8CE
When Memorization Gets in the Way of Learning
A teacher's quest to discourage his students from mindles...
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December 3, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Nice article by @benorlin | When Memorization Gets in the Way of Learning | The Atlantic http://bit.ly/19FN8CE
Another great 1 from @benorlin: Interpreting Your Students’ Quiz Answers (An Illustrated Guide) | MathWithBadDrawings http://bit.ly/1eq73qX
Interpreting Your Students’ Quiz Answers (An Illustrated ...
“5!” means either “The answer is 5 factorial” or “The ans...
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December 3, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Another great 1 from @benorlin: Interpreting Your Students’ Quiz Answers (An Illustrated Guide) | MathWithBadDrawings http://bit.ly/1eq73qX
Another great post by @benorlin: Good Mathematician vs. Great Mathematician http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/12/16/good-mathematician-vs-great-mathematician/
Good Mathematician vs. Great Mathematician
Mmm… duct tape.
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December 3, 2024 at 2:49 AM
Another great post by @benorlin: Good Mathematician vs. Great Mathematician http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/12/16/good-mathematician-vs-great-mathematician/
"The Baby Name Book for Variables" | Math with Bad Drawings by @benorlin http://bit.ly/2mMHtXU
The Baby Name Book for Variables
You can name variables whatever you want. But “can” is no...
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December 2, 2024 at 9:49 PM
"The Baby Name Book for Variables" | Math with Bad Drawings by @benorlin http://bit.ly/2mMHtXU
Literature’s greatest opening lines, as written by mathematicians. I love it, @benorlin! http://bit.ly/2y1zxHY
December 2, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Literature’s greatest opening lines, as written by mathematicians. I love it, @benorlin! http://bit.ly/2y1zxHY
A mathematician's new years resolutions, by @benorlin https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/12/30/a-mathematicians-new-years-resolutions/
A Mathematician’s New Year’s Resolutions
Well… obviously.
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December 2, 2024 at 6:57 PM
A mathematician's new years resolutions, by @benorlin https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/12/30/a-mathematicians-new-years-resolutions/
Had the pleasure of welcoming @benorlin to @DickinsonCol. He gave a great colloquium for our students today.
December 2, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Had the pleasure of welcoming @benorlin to @DickinsonCol. He gave a great colloquium for our students today.
TIL from @benorlin about Conway's base-13 function. It is nowhere continuous, yet satisfies a version of the intermediate value theorem on steroids: it takes on every real value on every interval (a,b). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_base_13_function
Conway base 13 function - Wikipedia
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December 2, 2024 at 3:13 PM
TIL from @benorlin about Conway's base-13 function. It is nowhere continuous, yet satisfies a version of the intermediate value theorem on steroids: it takes on every real value on every interval (a,b). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway_base_13_function
Looks like the November issue of Math Horizons is live on T&F website. This issue celebrates 25 years of MH and 100 issues. Articles by @JimPropp, @dyong, @TedG, @mathhombre, etc., and a comic by @benorlin. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/umho20/26/2?nav=tocList
December 2, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Looks like the November issue of Math Horizons is live on T&F website. This issue celebrates 25 years of MH and 100 issues. Articles by @JimPropp, @dyong, @TedG, @mathhombre, etc., and a comic by @benorlin. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/umho20/26/2?nav=tocList
@maanow @stevenstrogatz @benorlin @dbressoud Also, coincidentally, my crossword puzzle that has numbers as entries rather than letters also appears in this same issue!
Puzzle: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07468342.2019.1657340
Solution:...
Puzzle: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07468342.2019.1657340
Solution:...
December 2, 2024 at 10:13 AM
@maanow @stevenstrogatz @benorlin @dbressoud Also, coincidentally, my crossword puzzle that has numbers as entries rather than letters also appears in this same issue!
Puzzle: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07468342.2019.1657340
Solution:...
Puzzle: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07468342.2019.1657340
Solution:...
New in @maanow's College Math Journal: I review three new books about Calculus—one by @stevenstrogatz, one by @benorlin, and one by @dbressoud. It was a challenging triple-review to write, but it was a pleasure to read these three books!...
December 2, 2024 at 10:02 AM
New in @maanow's College Math Journal: I review three new books about Calculus—one by @stevenstrogatz, one by @benorlin, and one by @dbressoud. It was a challenging triple-review to write, but it was a pleasure to read these three books!...
@maanow @JohnCUrschel Oh, and I forgot to tag @JimPropp who has a lovely article in the issue with artwork by @benorlin.
December 2, 2024 at 9:26 AM
@maanow @JohnCUrschel Oh, and I forgot to tag @JimPropp who has a lovely article in the issue with artwork by @benorlin.
Quiz: Are you a Newton or a Leibniz? By @benorlin. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/a-personality-quiz-for-fans-of-math-and-history-are-you-a-newton-or-a-leibniz/
A personality quiz for fans of math and history: Are you ...
Newton and Leibniz are like night and day, or derivatives...
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December 2, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Quiz: Are you a Newton or a Leibniz? By @benorlin. https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/a-personality-quiz-for-fans-of-math-and-history-are-you-a-newton-or-a-leibniz/
I got a lot of new followers in the last few days. Thank you! I'll use this opportunity as a shameless plug for my book Tales of Impossibility. Check it out! Here's something nice @benorlin wrote about it.
December 2, 2024 at 9:06 AM
I got a lot of new followers in the last few days. Thank you! I'll use this opportunity as a shameless plug for my book Tales of Impossibility. Check it out! Here's something nice @benorlin wrote about it.
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56QQnkHHDg or blog post https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/guess-again-the-ehrenfeucht-mycielski-sequence/ (with illustrations by @benorlin).
December 1, 2024 at 11:35 PM
video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56QQnkHHDg or blog post https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2019/10/16/guess-again-the-ehrenfeucht-mycielski-sequence/ (with illustrations by @benorlin).
Heading to the airport to go to a conference. This is what I am bringing to read. Looking forward to it! @benorlin
December 1, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Heading to the airport to go to a conference. This is what I am bringing to read. Looking forward to it! @benorlin
Ben Orlin (@benorlin) ran a fun activity today at #MAAthFest. He printed out hundreds of quotes about math and had the audience discuss them and then categorize them in various ways, such as placing them in a "witty vs. insightful" plot.
November 30, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Ben Orlin (@benorlin) ran a fun activity today at #MAAthFest. He printed out hundreds of quotes about math and had the audience discuss them and then categorize them in various ways, such as placing them in a "witty vs. insightful" plot.
This is what bad academic writing does: unnecessarily transforms the obvious into math. (1/2) https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017/08/30/everything-sounds-better-with-mathematics/ … via @benorlin
Everything Sounds Better with Mathematics
When you put it that way…
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November 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
This is what bad academic writing does: unnecessarily transforms the obvious into math. (1/2) https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017/08/30/everything-sounds-better-with-mathematics/ … via @benorlin
Math Game Monday: Ultimate Multiple-Tac-Toe --- This game from @benorlin and @FedericoChialvo gives players lots of practice with their multiplication facts while strategically blocking their opponents. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames
Math Game Monday: Ultimate Multiple-Tac-Toe
This game gives players lots of practice with their multiplication facts while strategically blocking their opponents. Many parents remember struggling to learn math. We hope to provide a better experience for our children. And one of the best ways for children to enjoy learning is through hands-on play. Ultimate Multiple-Tac-Toe Math Concepts: multiplication math facts, times tables, thinking ahead. Players:
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April 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Math Game Monday: Ultimate Multiple-Tac-Toe --- This game from @benorlin and @FedericoChialvo gives players lots of practice with their multiplication facts while strategically blocking their opponents. #mtbos #homeschooling #mathgames
August 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I don't know if you're about to, I'm just telling you I did. (It was fine.) https://twitter.com/benorlin/status/1262097247866683393
November 25, 2024 at 3:09 AM
I don't know if you're about to, I'm just telling you I did. (It was fine.) https://twitter.com/benorlin/status/1262097247866683393
This website could also be named 'Things I have learned from @EconTalker': http://wp.me/p3gt4l-ku via @ZachWeiner and @benorlin
Headlines from a Mathematically Literate World
Our World: “Market Rebounds after Assurances from Fed Cha...
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December 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM
This website could also be named 'Things I have learned from @EconTalker': http://wp.me/p3gt4l-ku via @ZachWeiner and @benorlin
This is great! Short, funny, visual guide about "Why Not to Trust Statistics" https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016/07/13/why-not-to-trust-statistics/ via @benorlin
Why Not to Trust Statistics
An illustrated handbook of deception.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is great! Short, funny, visual guide about "Why Not to Trust Statistics" https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016/07/13/why-not-to-trust-statistics/ via @benorlin