Here is a quick, fun, and self-indulgent story: I recently started studying for the GRE, and, upon skimming through the workbook, realized that I hadn’t taken a math class in almost nine years. Any confidence I had in my quantitative reasoning abilities quickly dissipated. I’ve since begun taking intro level high school math classes online […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ll be thankful that the last time you had to work out a vexing math sum or tackle an algebraic problem was way back in high school. I’m well aware that some people are wired to enjoy math, just as certain others (myself included) are wired to loath it. I […]
In a world where social media thrives on polarizing debates, one would hardly expect a math problem to spark such a heated conversation. But one equation did just that. In 2019, a seemingly simple math equation became a viral problem for social media users and “practically caused a civil war in the Popular Mechanics office.” At its […]