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Now I know this is one known fact that students just accept. Why is it that anything raised to the power of 0 is 1? We know that , meaning we take the 2 and multiply it three times. So [...]

Many students are good at doing hypothesis testing, that is, they know what to do to carry out the test correctly. However, they don’t really understand how the test actually work. [...]

So we shared a bit on mathmagic by Dr. Benjamin a week ago. He showed off some amazing arithmetic skills. So today, we shall share a bit of mathemusic. How wonderful can get! This is something [...]

Mathematicians gossip too. Part of the letter John Herschel wrote to Charles Babbage contains a little puzzle no one figured out:

So a week ago, I was marking a few scripts of my students (Yes about half of them were honing their skills to handle prelim papers now; I hope you are too.) and I noticed a handful can’t [...]

Now, we all know that every single formulas from vectors, or simply turn to that huge mind-map or thick notes we have. The other day, I asked my class the following: All of you know how to find [...]

Here is some sharing over a very fascinating constant . We know this is (up to 3 sig. fig. accuracy) or even (up to 7 sig. fig. accuracy). One of my favourite way of deriving this never-ending [...]

This is a question from AJC/C2/MY/P1/10. Quite challenging. But once you get the hang of it, you should be capable of solving other variations. Using the formula for , prove the . (i) Hence show [...]

Many parents call me and ask if their A-level kids need H2 Math tuition. Through the years, I’ve seen mainly three types of students: A: Students that are diligent but do not do well, and [...]

Try this. With 3 straight lines, construct 9 non-overlapping triangles on an alphabet M. This appears in The Simpsons’s 26th season finale “Mathlete’s Feat”! Can you do [...]