6 Tips to Help Your Middle Schooler Grasp Probability and Statistics
Mathnasium tutors explain why probability and statistics trip up middle schoolers and share practical tips for supporting these skills at home.
I love learning new things. Just when I thought I had a handle on most of the career possibilities with math that exist today, I am immediately reminded that I don't even know what I don't know.
Gerrymandering! What? I'm glad it wasn't on my SAT test, but, yeah, it's a thing. It's the intentional manipulation of voting districts to benefit a political party. So every time you hear about redistricting, there is mathematics behind it. Mathematicians use geometry to figure out those "ideal" lines that somehow have to strike a balance of being efficient, economical, demographically supportive, and hold its weight in the event of a courtroom challenge by any entity (party, constituents, etc) who may challenge it.
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