Whatever subject you study, it becomes much easier to learn if you become enthusiastic about the subject. Sometimes, an enthusiastic teacher is all it takes to help you along. Most of the time, however, it’s a matter of finding areas within the subject that pique your interest. For several years Marcus Barnes (aka the creator of Ace Your Math Class) was a linkmaster for the Knot a Braid of Links (KaBoL) Service of the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) as part of my work on the Student Committee (Studc). Through this work, I encountered vastly more interesting and stimulating material than was possible for my high school and university teachers to present. I’ve decided to create my own cool math link service here on Ace Your Math Class to help expose you to interesting and useful webpages related to mathematics in the hopes that it will help you see why mathematics is such an interesting, stimulating, and ultimately beautiful subject. I wish you success with your studies – I hope I play my little part in helping you get that A+ in your mathematics courses!
Math and Logic Games To Help Boost Your Brain – Introducing Tomoku
Sudoku is a popular logic-based game number placement game that appears in many daily newspapers around the world. Working on number based math and logic games may help boost your brain power – or at least keep it fresh. Think of it as mental exercise. For most people however, they simply like it. I’ve met people who “hate” mathematics, yet gladly fill out a sudoku or related puzzle to relax.
My former colleague Alejandro Erickson has created a wonderful new book of puzzles, a logic-game that focuses on geometric reasoning, rather than number reasoning like sudoku. It’s called Tomoku. In the video below, Alejandro demonstrates how to solve tomoku tatami puzzle from his book “Tomoku! 80 Challenging Tatami Puzzles”
You can give the game a try online on the Tomoku puzzle website
QUESTION: What is your favourite math/logic based game and how has this game helped you with your mathematical studies/teaching? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post
Patrick Jones on the Law of Sines – Example 1
In a previous post (a video tutorial on the properties of logarithms), I introduced you to the wonderful math tutorial videos by Patrick Jones. In the following video, Patrick introduces the law of sines (from trigonometry) and gives an example to show how you might use this mathematical relationship between the length of the sides and the sines of the angles of a triangle. Enjoy!
Patrick Jones on Properties of Logarithms – Part 1
Patrick Jones, a long-time mathematics tutor based in Austin, Texas, USA, has created a vast collection of wonderful video mathematics tutorials. I will be sharing them here on the Ace Your Math Class site from time-to-time as they are an invaluable resource for those studying mathematics.
In the video below, Patrick covers some basic properties of logarithms and provides several examples. Enjoy!
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