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Popular Culture, Facebook, and Math Tricks

You could just use Equations and be the Smartest Kid in your Social Media Friends list!! https://www-jstor-org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/stable/pdf/j.ctt7t0gq.5.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Aa8e31e9049deb0ef7f626c89179040d9

Corona Math

"Oh man, I really don't want to go to Algebra class", Jimmy complained. "Yeah, bro. I get annoyed too. I just lack the mental capacity and patience to understand what is happening in that class" retorted Alicia. "I agree. Let's just attend this class. We need to pass this course", Jimmy dejectedly succumbed. "Welcome to class. In the year 2020, numerous countries in the world experienced a lockdown and shutdown", the Algebra teacher, Mr. James, introduced the class. "Does anyone know what happened?" "Yeah, I know. The Corona Virus happened and many people died", Jimmy responded in an excited tone. "That is accurate", Mr. James went on. "The virus proliferated at an exponential rate, such that most hospitals were not able to keep up with the influx of patients. This is one of the graphs that the Mayor of  New York, Mr. Andrew Cuomo, used in one of his Coronavirus briefings. Wait, he used a math grap...

"Yeah, the World Map is just a Graph!", Math Teacher's Claim.

Go ahead. Solve it! Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the world map picture above. http://mathforum.org/library/view/4414.html https://www.k12irc.org/resources/integrated/math2/maps.php

Social Media Texts & Math

I Missed "System of Equations" while Shopping in Dubai

Comics, Distributive Property, & FOIL

American Sports 💗 Geometry!!

Parabolas & Basketball https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031502017.html https://www.pbs.org/video/thirteen-kids-get-math-math-basketball-introduction/ National Council of Teachers of Mathematics - Academic Article https://www-jstor-org.gate.lib.buffalo.edu/stable/pdf/41197490.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3A50394e2781253d05e2e95a8e8a986734

Wait, so this concept in Genetics is related to Math!!

Gettysburg and the Score

What is common in The Gettysburg Address, the Mayans, and Place Value?

The Language of Math

Math is a language.

Comics in the Math Classroom

Comics are colorful.  Comics are expressive.  Comics are easy to navigate.  And above all, comics can be educational.