Quantitative literacy, the ability to interpret numerical data in the context of everyday life, is increasingly important, says Bernard L. Madison, a professor of mathematics at the University of ...
Findings are in the news this month, including: Some detail is missing from those articles, particularly the item I wrote about calculus. What factors are behind the dearth of African American ...
Scale factors describe how much a shape has been enlarged (made larger). Enlarging by a scale factor of 2 means that each side of the shape has been multiplied by 2. All the sides double in length and ...