Mathematics students face challenges with rational and irrational numbers. Understanding the principles and patterns simplifies this concept. Rational numbers can be fractions of integers. Irrational ...

When you hear the words "rational" and "irrational," they might bring to mind the relentlessly analytical Spock in "Star Trek." If you're a mathematician, however, you probably think of ratios between ...

This all started with Pi and now I can't stop. Let me summarize what I have done so far: Pi day in the US is March 14 th. This doesn't work for non-USAians since they write the date in a reasonable ...

Imagine being asked to pick a number from 1 to 10. You are quite likely to pick a whole number; I have never seen someone do otherwise. But you could also pick the number pi, whose decimal expansion ...

Math lovers celebrate today (3/14) as Pi Day, in honor of the irrational number pi. Pi, or π, is defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number, ...

Pi Day is a favorite holiday for both food lovers and mathematicians. For the foodies, the reasoning is simple. Pi Day brings discounts and deals for people looking to grab a pizza to celebrate the ...

“Do you see the pattern? Each number in the series after the first two numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers.” That’s how I began my last column focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, which ...

KUSA – If you're a math nerd, March 14 is a pretty magical day. And this year, 03/14/15 is especially awesome. And while some use Pi Day as an excuse to eat pie (the food)/make puns, others use Pi Day ...

Math lovers celebrate today (3/14) as Pi Day, in honor of the irrational number pi. Pi, or π, is defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Pi is an irrational number, ...