In the good old days, people had unique ways to calculate things. Items and objects like leaves, sticks, and even beans were made use of largely for calculation purposes. This method though was in use for a very long period, soon became obsolete. And at times, the result of a calculation largely depended upon the [...]

Today you can define mental math in various different ways. Some would say, memorizing times table and remembering the solutions can form the part of mental mathematics. Some would say ability to perform simple calculations in your head can be mental mathematics. The web dictionary defines mental mathematics as “Computing an exact answer without using [...]

This summer, The Teaching Tutors is offering a series of intensive six-week online boot camps. The featured subjects are Algebra I, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Calculus, Physics, and Chemistry. Also featured will be an exclusive College Admissions Success boot camp.   The boot camps are unique in that they cover the essentials of each subject in [...]

Post-Islamic Iran If Iran’s contribution to the world culture in the pre-Islamic phase is shrouded in the mist, its contribution in the Islamic period is quite clear. Unfortunately, as most of the Iranian scholars of the time accepted Arabic as the lingua franca of their scientific and philosophic works and thus wrote their books in [...]

Do a random survey among grade schoolers with the question “Do you like math?” or “Is math fun?” and the probability of you getting more nos than yeses is high. For a reason or two (most times, more than two), a lot of people (kids and adults alike) dislike mathematics. If we are to conduct [...]