{"id":5051,"date":"2010-08-26T18:45:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=5051"},"modified":"2010-08-26T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2010-08-26T10:45:16","slug":"intmath-newsletter-time-equals-and-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/letters\/intmath-newsletter-time-equals-and-resources-5051","title":{"rendered":"IntMath Newsletter: Time, equals and resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>26 Aug 2010<\/p>\n<p>In this Newsletter:<\/p>\n<p>1. The equal sign: more trouble than it\u2019s worth?<br \/>\n2. Application:  Ellipses and composite trigonometric graphs<br \/>\n3. Back to school tips<br \/>\n4.   Friday math movie: Right brain math <br \/>\n5.  Final thought: Just do it! <\/p>\n<h2>1. The equal sign: more trouble than it&rsquo;s worth? <\/h2>\n<p><strong>Suitable for: <\/strong>Everyone, since we all come across equal signs every day.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-equal-sign-more-trouble-than-its-worth-4986\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/08\/equals.jpg\" alt=\"equals\" title=\"equals\" width=\"128\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top\">\n<p>The equals sign causes a lot of grief. Should we replace it with more meaningful symbols?<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-equal-sign-more-trouble-than-its-worth-4986\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"The equal sign &ndash; more trouble than it&rsquo;s worth?\">The equal sign &ndash; more trouble than it&rsquo;s worth?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>2. Equation of Time, an application of ellipses and composite trigonometric graphs  <\/h2>\n<p><strong>Suitable for: <\/strong>Everyone. You will come across conic sections and trigonometric graphs at some point in your math career.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-equation-of-time-5039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/08\/equation-of-time-th.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"equation-of-time\" width=\"128\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top\">\n<p>The Equation of Time is an interesting application of conics and composite trigonometric curves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/mathematics\/the-equation-of-time-5039\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink for The Equation of Time\">The Equation of Time<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>3. Back to school tips <\/h2>\n<p>Many of your are starting school again very soon. Here are some earlier articles you may find useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/ten-ways-to-survive-the-math-blues\" title=\"Ten Ways to Survive the Math Blues\">Ten Ways to Survive the Math Blues<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/how-to-understand-math-formulas\" title=\"How to understand math formulas\">How to understand math formulas<\/a>\n  <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/how-to-learn-math-formulas\" title=\"How to learn math formulas\">How to learn math formulas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>4. Friday math movie: Right brain math   <\/h2>\n<p><strong>Suitable for: <\/strong>Everyone.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/videos\/friday-math-movie-right-brain-math-times-table-4922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2010\/07\/right-brain.jpg\" alt=\"right brain\" title=\"right-brain\" width=\"128\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align:top\">\n<p>Never could master those times tables? This right brain approach might be a solution for you.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video:  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/videos\/friday-math-movie-right-brain-math-times-table-4922\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Friday math movie: Right Brain Math &ndash; Times Table\">Right Brain Math &ndash; Times Table<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>5. Final thought: Just do it! <\/h2>\n<p>As the school year begins (for many of you), it's a good opportunity to consider how you are going to make the most of it.<\/p>\n<p>The research is in: multi-tasking just means we do a lot more things, but none of them well. (See   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/magazine-11035055\">Is multi-tasking a myth?<\/a> from the BBC). <\/p>\n<p>Want to do well at anything (not only math)? There's a simple solution - <strong>focus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/letters\/intmath-newsletter-time-equals-and-resources-5051#comments\" id=\"comms\">4 Comments<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Newsletter:<\/p>\n<p>1. The equal sign: more trouble than it\u2019s worth?<br \/>\n2. Application:  Ellipses and Composite trigonometric graphs<br \/>\n3. Back to school tips<br \/>\n4.   Friday math movie: Right brain math <br \/>\n5.  Final thought: Just do it! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}