099 TMD How to Estimate Pi with Monte Carlo Methods, Part 2
Learn about an amazing math technique called a Monte Carlo method and find out how you can use it to estimate the value of pi.
Episodes
The Math Dude Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier
The Math Dude makes understanding math easier and more fun than you ever thought possible. Host Dr. Jason Marshall provides clear explanations of math terms and principles, and his simple tricks for solving basic algebra problems will have even the most mathphobic looking forward to working out whatever math problem comes their way. If you're getting ready to take the SAT, GRE, or any of the other standardized tests; or if you're going back to school and need to brush up on the basics, Math Dude's Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier will strengthen your fundamental skills and help you understand the language of math. And if you just want to calculate the tip without using your iPhone and impress all your friends, his tips and tricks are for you too.
Episodes
098 TMD How to Estimate Pi with Monte Carlo Methods, Part 1
Learn about an amazing math technique called a Monte Carlo method and find out how you can use it to estimate the value of pi.
094 TMD How to Memorize Numbers, Part 3
Learn the final part of a memory trick for remembering numbers.
093 TMD How to Memorize Numbers, Part 2
Learn the second half of a memory trick for remembering numbers.
092 TMD How to Memorize Numbers, Part 1
Learn a memory trick for remembering numbers.
091 TMD What Do Negative Exponents Mean?
Learn what negative exponents and an exponent of zero mean.
090 TMD How to Divide Numbers with Exponents
Learn how to divide numbers that have exponents.
089 TMD How to Multiply Numbers with Exponents
Learn how to multiply two or more numbers that have exponents.
088 TMD What Is Scientific Notation?
Learn what scientific notation is and why it's useful.
033 TMD Is Multiplication the Same as Repeated Addition?
Learn what it really means to multiply two numbers and whether or not you should think of multiplication as repeated addition. Questions go to mathdude@quickanddirtytips.com or 206-339-6279. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes!
087 TMD How to Adjust Your Holiday Recipes
Learn how to easily halve or double your recipes.
085 TMD How Are Check Digits Used in the Real World?
Learn how check digits are used to verify everything from the numbers on your credit cards to the UPC codes on the products you buy.
084 TMD What is "Casting Out Nines"? Part 3
Learn the magic behind how casting out nines works. SPONSOR: http://stitcher.com/math. Use the code MATH to be entered to win $1000.
083 TMD What Is Casting Out Nines? Part 2
Learn more about using casting out nines to check your arithmetic.
082 TMD What Is "Casting Out Nines"? Part 1
Learn how to use casting out nines to quickly and easily check your answers to arithmetic problems
081 TMD How to Check Your Arithmetic, Part 2
Learn how to quickly check your answers to arithmetic problems.
080 TMD How to Check Your Arithmetic, Part 1
Learn how to quickly and easily check your answers to arithmetic problems without using a calculator.
079 TMD How to Multiply and Divide Negative Numbers
Learn how to perform multiplication and division with negative numbers.
032 TMD How to Use Math to Make Estimates
Learn how to use math to make estimates, why it is an important skill for you to develop, and how you can use math to solve everyday problems in your life. Questions go to mathdude@quickanddirtytips.com or 206-339-6279. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes!
076 TMD What are Absolute Values?
Learn what absolute values are and how to find them.
075 TMD Tips to Boost Your Business Math Skills, Part 2
Learn 3 more tips that will turn you in to a business math star.
074 TMD Tips to Boost Your Business Math Skills, Part 1
Learn 3 tips that'll help turn you into a business star.
007 TMD Making Sense of Definitions and Interpretations in Math
How precise is math? Although numbers are exact, terms are not always so well defined. Some concepts and terms have multiple meanings or interpretations, and it pays to understand the differences between them. Questions go to mathdude@quickanddirtytips.com or 206-339-6279. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes!
073 TMD How to Use Venn Diagrams to Solve Problems
Learn how to make and use Venn diagrams.
072 TMD What is a Venn Diagram?
Learn how to make and use Venn diagrams.
008 TMD Two Tips to Help You Add Quickly
Learn two quick and dirty tips to help you kick your calculator dependency and make faster calculations in your head. Questions go to mathdude@quickanddirtytips.com or 206-339-6279. Like what you hear? Help us out by writing a review at iTunes!
070 TMD What are Real Numbers?
Learn how real numbers relate to the rest of the numbers in math.
069 TMD What are the Union and Intersection of Sets?
Easy ways to find the union and intersection of sets.
068 TMD What are Sets and Subsets?
Learn what sets and subsets are to understand the relationships between numbers in math and where they show up in the real world.
067 TMD How to Use Mathematical Series in the Real World
Learn how mathematical series and the compound interest formula can be used in the real world to calculate how fast money grows in recurring investments.