Every so often, I comb through the Google search terms that have led people to my blog. Then I reply to them as if they were letters. It's pretty fun. For me, anyway.
Author: Ben Orlin
The Mathematician and the Unfinished Coffee
My wife never finishes her coffee. She’ll sip, sip, take it home, sip, sip, microwave it, and sip some more, all day long. Only rarely does she glimpse the bottom of the cup.
The Math Aficionado’s Guide to High-Fives
Learn these math-y high-fives. Make this a better, nerdier world. If not for ourselves, then for our geeky children.
39 Ways to Love Math
Last week, 6,000 mathematicians met in Baltimore. I asked them, in one sheet of paper each, to capture why they loved math.
Will you move in with me… and this puppy?
The puppy reduces the probability of your refusal by 70%!
If I Ran the Bank
What if I ran the bank? Well, I'm glad I rhetorically asked!
Undiscovered Math
This blew my mind. The numbers were hiding secret alliances, passing coded messages amongst themselves, and I’d somehow broken inside. I was a number spy.
Interpreting Your Students’ Quiz Answers (An Illustrated Guide)
"5!" means either "The answer is 5 factorial" or "The answer is 5, and I'm pretty juiced about that!"
Big, Bigger, and Big-Big-Bigger
"What's the biggest number you know?" "Well, here's a pretty big one: 10^10^10^10."
To-Do Complacency
"I made a spreadsheet of all the things I need to do! Now I no longer feel any need to do them!"
Math with Bad Drawings 