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Learning How to Count (Avoiding The Fencepost Problem)

Posted 04.28.2009, under Math
Counting isn’t easy. Suppose your boss wants you to work from 8am to 11am, and mop floors 8 to 11. Simple - it’s one floor per hour, right? Nope! There are 4 floors to mop (8, 9, 10 and 11) but only 3 hours to work (8-9, 9-10, and 10-11). Whoa — we count …

Understanding Exponents (Why does 0^0 = 1?)

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Developing Your Intuition For Math

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Learning Calculus: Overcoming Our Artificial Need for Precision

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Intuitive Guide to Angles, Degrees and Radians

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Prehistoric Calculus: Discovering Pi

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A Gentle Introduction To Learning Calculus

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How To Analyze Data Using the Average

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How To Understand Combinations Using Multiplication

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Rescaling the Pythagorean Theorem

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How to Develop a Sense of Scale

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A Visual Guide to Simple, Compound and Continuous Interest Rates

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Intuitive Arithmetic With Complex Numbers

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A Visual, Intuitive Guide to Imaginary Numbers

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