You are on a test, looking at a quadratic equation. Panic sets in. There’s a jumble of coefficients. Signs is tricky. You remember the formula … Read More

This is the antilogarithm. Now you have a number in your hand from either lab reading or a textbook, and it’s a logarithm value. You … Read More

A parabola’s intersection with an axis is a moment shown by quadratic equations. A satellite dish curving as deep as it should, costs matching profits, … Read More

Writing down an exponent that’s a rational number joins together the operation described above into a single symbol. It feels more like a riddle than … Read More

Simplifying expressions involving a square root in the numerator and a negative power in the denominator is no walk in the park. They start off … Read More

To solve for something such as three x to the fourth power, you don’t have to be math whiz. But you do have to understand … Read More

In math, there’s something called an exclamation point. It look straightforward, and does big things. It doesn’t shout! Instead, when used with a number, it … Read More

Factorials are something you probably already know how to do: take any whole number and multiply it by all integer below it, up to number … Read More

Logarithms are typicaly scary and students memorize them without ever understanding how they work. Think about it this way: a logarithm is simply a translation … Read More

The mathematical constant is e. When mathematics deals with continuous change we use a special kind of number called the mathematical constant, e. Unlike integers … Read More