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Life Hacks for School

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Life Hacks for School Use these life hacks for school to develop math test taking strategies .  Stop struggling in your attempt to determine how to understand math .  Instead, use these math tips and tricks that show you exactly how to pass a math test  by helping you locate your inner math wiz ! Remember, it's all about innovation when it comes to figuring out how to understand math! How to Remember the Numbers in Pi Life Hacks for School Finding fractions of whole numbers Want to know how to pass a math test  on fractions? Use the following math test taking strategies, Reverse Zorro: How to Pass a Math Test Multiplying large numbers in your head Math Test Taking Strategies The 11 Rule We will use 32 x 11 for an example: To multiply any two digit number by 11 first separate the two digits (3_2) Add the two digits together (3 + 2 = 5) Place the total between the two numbers (352), therefore 32 x 11 = 352 If the total of the two number

Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile

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Billionaire Mathematician - Numberphile Full length version of this interview (one hour): https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0 More about The Simons Foundation: http://bit.ly/SimonsFoundation James Harris Simons has been described as "the world's smartest billionaire", amassing a fortune through the clever use of mathematics and computers. He is now a renowned philanthropist. Chern-Simons paper: http://bit.ly/ChernSimons NUMBERPHILE Website: http://ift.tt/JRq0m5 Numberphile on Facebook: http://ift.tt/Njh8aT Numberphile tweets: https://twitter.com/numberphile Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile Videos by Brady Haran Support us on Patreon: http://ift.tt/1padLLm Brady's videos subreddit: http://ift.tt/Wy1TpL A run-down of Brady's channels: http://ift.tt/XN5xXz Sign up for (occasional) emails: http://eepurl.com/YdjL9

Albert Einstein Quotes

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Albert Einstein Quotes Quotes by Albert Einstein accompanied by Mozart.

Using Social Media in the Classroom, Empire x Education

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Using Social Media in the Classroom Should more teachers be using   social media in the classroom ? Moreover, what is the role of social media in education ? As a high school teacher I know how important it is to develop new and innovative strategies to connect to students .  I recently noticed the way in which my students interacted with each other regarding FOX's television show ' Empire '. I teach Math and decided to use the show's statistics to reach my students in a more effective manner.  As one student put it, I am 'just not hip' therefore I have to use strategies like these in order to engage my students. While designing the lesson I discovered an additional opportunity to reach my students: Empire is one of the most successful shows on television in terms of social media marketing and there are numerous charts available via Nielsen . Social Media in the Classroom The information above was used to teach proportions and transformed into graph