Math Tutor Marijana

I need more time to read!!! I really do! As current student (yeah teachers can be students as well) at the Vancouver School Board, Adult Education, taking the English Studies 12, I have almost no time for literature and focus that can be placed at additional reading. Howeveeeer, I have put a lot of effort in managing my time; being student, being a math tutor, being wife and support to my husband, and being aunt (daily checking up my baby nephew).  But, (and yes, my English teacher said that we are not supposed to start our sentences with "but", but there are some tendencies in moving from that point, so I'm just gonna slide toward these tendencies haha by starting my sentences with "but", "so", and "and"), where was I... oh yes, so, here I am, proud to announce that I read a book, and even more, I'm gonna write a vlog stating my opinion on it! Ha! So, let's see. 😀 What's the point of Math?   This cute math's book's autho...

Why you should always order the large pizza? We often see these deals, buy 2 for 1! Is this real thing? Maybe for some products, but for sure this will not work for pizza! Nota-a-chance! So let's take a closer look 👀 You need to choose between ordering two small size pizzas, each with radius 10 cm, while on the other side the large pizza, which has a larger radius of 20 cm. We can approach this problem in two ways: arithmetically or maybe we can say visually. The arithmetic method would require from us to calculate the area for each pf the pizzas. Since we are here, let's do that.  Let's denote the area of the small pizza by Pr,  and the area of the large pizza by PR.  Then we have: Pr=p10^2, and PR=p20^2, which equals to Pr=100p, and PR=400p. Can you notice the ratio? Yup! Two small pizzas are altogether 200p, and the large one is 400p. The conclusion if you want to eat more (not always necessary and healthy choice) you should buy the large one! Don't let be tricked. ...

Numero uno  1 The Grapes of Math, but not the children's book 😀 This one is by the author Alex Bellos, (as I was able to do find) a prominent math-book writer. The official name is : "The Grapes of Math, How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life", 2014 The Grapes of Math is not for the average reader. It may leave the first impression as a unserious or light book, but if you dive deeper, you will see that is mathematically weighty. You need to have some passion for science at least, it doesn't has to be specifically for math. I would that say it requires  math maturity.  Maybe, the best audience will be:  math and science college students, science and math teachers, or engineers.  This book contains many of the famous stories and covers a lot. What I find unique about this book is that in every chapter, on almost every page you can find names, places, theorems, which you can search upon and then delve into your own direction of research.  Number ...

It's a new day, it's a new mathemagic trick for me 𝅘𝅥𝅮 You know this song, right? Ok, in case you don't know it you might want to check  the "Feeling Good" by singer Nina Simone, and don't forget to come back to reading this vlog 😀 So, were where we? Oh, yeah... The MatheMagic Trick. Long time no see eh? As I become avid reader, I bumped into this book called Secrets of Mental Math,  The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks  by Arthur Benjamin. I have to admit I was attracted by the title. Probably I thought I will find some super-speed-easy-strategies, but I just found that the books explains the math that I already know (probably that's why I'm teacher) However, what I found interesting over there were some MatheMagic tricks, which I will present here (of course with different numbers, don't wanna spoil the book if you decide to go for it) As every trick should begin, pick a partner for your trick. It can be ...

   In this vlog we gonna talk about (ok, I'm gonna talk about 😀) about the book:  I'm trying to Love Math, by  Bethany Barton. The book was released in 2019, by the publisher Viking.  If your kid or student is mostly yawning during the class or time dedicated to the math lessons this book is certainly for them.  Actually I have already recommended this book to a parent, so they can headed out to his child. I'm eager to see the results, hopefully will be any😀 Firstly, the cover of the book and the illustrations are so catchy. The letters are oversized and dynamic, they just scream "Read me!" The illustrations totally coincide with the content. And now the content. Page after page, the book tells us how to not let down the math.  The narrator is math-phobic, and  narrator tells what's on his mind. But each of his thoughts goes bounced back by the three-eyed purple ET. I'm not gonna be spoiling anything, but you will find out from which planet the ...

 Quoting the Bedtime Math author Laura Overdeck "we all know parents should read to their kids at bedtime, but what about math?" this book refers to the need for math related topics throughout the children's bed-time books.  As an educator, I could not agree more!  I have often seen parents, saying how they kids struggle with math, how they need help, and LISTEN CAREFULLY now, how they struggle as well with math, and they can not help them. Oh, ok, but you don't need to do their homework, you just need to sit with them when they work on their homework. Just by sitting with them you will bring a tremendous support, and often times that's the only thing that they need.  One crucial, key mistake that parents do is telling their kids, that they were struggling with math! Dear parents, please, I beg you just skip that talk.  I'm not saying to lie them by no chance, but just don't highlight your F's on math. Your kids are copying you (the evolution processes...

In the series of Books Bedtime Math, by author Laura Overdeck, we get familiar some fun facts 😀 There are four Bedtime Math books: Bedtime Math: A Fun Excuse to Stay Up Late Bedtime Math: This Time It’s Personal Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out Bedtime Math: How Many Guinea Pigs Can Fit on a Plane? I read two of them, for which I'm going to share my personal impression.      The first book that I read was the Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out. That books consists of 40 fun facts fitted into paragraph-long texts. Besides the facts, on the next side (one title covers two pages) you can see math-related questions on three levels of understanding math + the bonus question. The questions range from pre-K up to G7 maybe, although some bonus-problems are really tricky. I learned nice fun facts. The most interesting for me was the "Staring Contest", where the author is sharing the fact the camels have a 3 eyelids! Wow! Isn't that weird? 😀  To summarize, this book is fun-...