(STACKER) – Let’s face it: Math can be a polarizing subject, especially among high school students who don’t think they’ll ever use it again after graduation. Sometimes kids might dread their ...

\({\log _a}a = 1\) (since \({a^1} = a\)) so \({\log _7}7 = 1\) \({\log _a}1 = 0\) (since \({a^0} = 1\)) so \({\log _{20}}1 = 0\) \({\log _a}p + {\log _a}q = {\log _a ...

Suppose you saw in the news that there was a new disease, and one person was hospitalized with it. There had been no hospitalizations before today—and yet, there had been 12,800 positive tests today ...

A key component of Bitcoin’s design is its periodic halving, which ensures the cryptocurrency’s scarcity and acts as a buffer against inflationary pressures. Additionally, halvings add to the ...

Sure, “exponential growth” sounds impressive. But it usually isn’t. By Manil Suri Dr. Suri teaches math at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Here’s a trend I find worrisome enough to ...

This video explains a challenging exponential equation step by step, showing how to simplify expressions, apply exponent rules, and solve systematically without skipping key logic. Perfect for ...

Find out how and why mathematics is used in microeconomics, its limitations, and the math skills that economics students need.

When I was a child, there was a commercial on (black and white) TV that had a very happy woman telling a friend about some beauty product, and then that friend told several friends about it, "and so ...

The “Trouble with Tribbles” application is novel, but this fits into an old math problem that many of us learned about squirrels. Population is funny when it’s tribbles multiplying the Enterprise into ...