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The sign definitely can cause a lot of confusion for students. For starters, and the list goes on. So my focus today is to explain when to put while dealing with . First, lets recognise a few [...]

This is a classical mathematical fallacies. At hindsight, everything looks perfectly fine. This is a rather difficult one as the error is actually hidden in the second last line! The mistake here [...]

This is a fairly simple and interesting question that test students on their algebra and arithmetic manipulation. Use of Calculator is NOT required. Ans: 4 Arithmetic Problem #7 Arithmetic [...]

I saw this problem on Facebook recently and thought its really quite interesting. Given , find . Ans: 0 Hint: Consider substituting some numbers in.

This is a classical mathematical fallacies. At hindsight, everything looks perfectly fine. So did you manage to spot the error? It is at line 5, where we divide both sides of the equation by . [...]

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 [...]

Arthur Benjamin is a brilliant mathematician and calls himself the mathemagician. Yes, he performs magic with mathematics. Magic or not, you decide! [ted id=199]