A remix of the birthday "paradox."
Category: Math
Powers Great and Small
A puzzle I wrote for 12-year-olds turns out deeper than I expected.
Four Ways of Thinking About a Line
You don't hear a lot of hot takes on straight lines. Or do you?
The Third Millennium of Those “Find My Age” Algebra Problems
What makes these silly problems so immortal?
The ABC Book of e
On 2/7/18, we honor one of math's celebrities: 2.718...
The Twitter Logo is Just Circles
And lots more from this month in mathematics.
Compass Constructions Made Easy
How did the Greeks live like this?
A Borrowed Joke (and 15 other math cartoons)
That's 2^(2^2) in all.
Things to Know About the Year 2018
I need something else to get me through this semiprime kind of year... (baby, baby...)
The Terrible Truth About Dreidel
Cheaters have lined their pockets with our gelt.









