The Math Guy

So I learned something this week that I'm kicking myself for not seeing earlier. Marshall McLuhan famously said 'The medium is the m...

What is discrete data? Is it data that says "Shh... don't tell anyone this"? And what is continuous data? More importantly, i...

I think that if you were to ask most people what a net of a cube looks like, they will say a cross shape. Very few though will know that the...

One of the best bits of advice that I ever got (and now pass on to students, parents and educators) is this: Good mathematicians look at ...

I had the most enjoyable hour with a group of Grade 3 students the other day. I had them reasoning and proving using their number sense with...

Here's a question we gave recently to a Grade 6 class: Three classes are collecting cans for the Thanksgiving food drive. Class A coll...

Some interesting things arose out of a geometry lesson in a Grade 6 class. We wanted to get the kids to construct some shapes using differen...