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<math>
\begin{align}
\text{Variance: } \sigma^2 & = \frac{206^2 + 76^2 + (-224)^2 + 36^2 + (-94)^2}{5} \\
& = \frac{42,436 + 5,776+ 50,176+ 1,296 + 8,836}{5} \\
& = \frac{108,520}{5} = 21,704\\
\end{align}
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Revision as of 22:18, 29 October 2011

My Goal

My goal is to make mathematics more accessible and fun for everyone, and a big part of that is to explain mathematics using "easy language", but this requires a balancing act between precision and comprehension.

Let me explain: there is an educational concept called the spiral, which roughly means that a subject comes around again and again, always at a higher level. For example, a young person is taught that multiplication is just repeated addition. But then a year later the subject is revisited and multiplying by negatives is taught, then decimals come along ...

This is an illustration of 2 times -3. Observe that our toddler is (according to him) moving forward two paces at a time, but he does this three times in a negative direction. If he were stepping backwards two paces at a time while facing forwards, that would be -2 times 3. Have a look at [Multiplying by Negatives] for a longer description.

The Website

And that is why I have developed (Math is Fun, or "Maths is Fun" in British English), to be a place where mathematics can be explained in a more "user-friendly" manner.

And like all people who embark on explaining Science to the general public I must at times leave out details which would only confuse, but it can be very hard to know where to draw the line.

So please forgive me, fellow Wikipedians, when I over-simplify! And correct me gently, but do correct me!

Contact Details

Use this Contact Form or leave a message on the Math is Fun Forum

Test Area Scratch

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Test Area Symbols


Test Area Stats

Test Area Sigma




Test Area Binomial









Test Area Sigma 2


Test Area Trig


My Test Area Other











Ellipse a and b

Ellipse perimeter, simple formula:

A better approximation by Ramanujan is:


Ellipse r and s

Ellipse perimeter, simple formula:

A better approximation by Ramanujan is:


My Test Exponents





My Test Area

for and where

Test Area 2

A hexadecimal multiplication table

= 0.110001000000000000000001000...

Test Area Sets


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From Set-builder notation

Examples:

  • is the set ,
  • is the set of all positive real numbers,
  • is the set of all even natural numbers,
  • is the set of rational numbers, or numbers that can be written as the ratio of two integers.

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Test Area Limits

Test Area Derivatives