math
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How To Unlock Microsoft’s Free Graphing Calculator In Windows 10
1While your maths teacher (or your kid’s maths teacher) might not let them lug a laptop into their calculus class, I still think it’s awesome that Microsoft is finally giving the good ol’ Windows Calculator a boost of geekiness. If you thought “Scientific” mode was fun, you haven’t seen anything yet—coming soon, to Windows 10,…
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How The Razzle-Dazzle Game Takes All Your Money
This game is illegal. Razzle, aka Razzle-Dazzle, is a scam posing as a carnival or street game, where you roll marbles in a box collecting points. Popping up in Havana, New York, New Orleans, and curbs and parking lots across the U.S., it’s like Three-Card Monte, but more complicated, and better disguised as a real…
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How To Re-Learn Maths Like A Kindergartner
If you have a kid in school, you’ve probably noticed that their maths homework looks different than yours did back in the day. You may have moaned about it — “What’s with all the crazy steps? These equations took me seconds to answer in Mrs. Winkleman’s fourth-grade class!” Hey, I’m not here to debate the…
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Work Maths Into Everyday Conversations With Your Kid
When it comes time to divvy up the dinner bill, I nervously avoid eye contact with it, saying, “I suck at maths. That’s why I became a writer! [laughs awkwardly, prays I don’t have to do division].”