The Math Guy

I apologise. I apologise to any of my previous students who I messed up by saying that the perimeter is "... the distance around the o...

A few years ago I read a book about the geometer, Donald Coxeter, called King of Infinite Space:The Man Who Saved Geometry . Written by Siob...

I (and pretty much most of my colleagues) have been raised in educational systems where your achievement was measured almost entirely throug...

This past week I was in a couple of different Grade 6 classes doing some probability tasks. Watching the kids tackle these led to some huge ...

So once said a sports commentator on British TV. Yogi Berra (the famous New York Yankees catcher) once was asked if he preferred his pizza c...

Here is a little activity that I've used in a number of classes that has always given us great information about what the students do a...

Some of the math problems I give kids (and adults) have been begged, borrowed and stolen from many unsuspecting folk. Other questions howeve...