by Mary | Mar 15, 2019 | STEM
Yes, I didn’t have a typo. Googol is a real thing. A real number, actually. It’s a 1 followed by 100 zeros which reflect the infinite amount of search on the internet. The term was invented by Milton Sirotta, the 9-year nephew of mathematician Edward...
by Mary | Mar 14, 2019 | STEM
Did you know… The mathematical volume of pizza….is pizza. If z = radius of a pizza, and If a = height of a pizza, then π * radius² * height = Pi * z * z * a = Pizza
by Mary | Mar 13, 2019 | STEM
Markings on animal bones show that humans have been doing math since around 30,000 BC.
by Mary | Mar 12, 2019 | STEM
Have you ever heard someone say, “I’ll be there in a jiffy?” It’s not a figure of speech. A jiffy is a real unit of time – 1/100th of a second to be precise. The earliest technical usage was in the late 19th century by Gilbert Newton...
by Mary | Mar 11, 2019 | STEM
The number zero does not have its own Roman numeral, but the word nulla (the Latin word meaning “none”) was used by medieval scholars in lieu of 0. Dionysius Exiguus was known to use nulla alongside Roman numerals in 525 AD. Dividing by zero can also get...
