Dedicating years of schooling to pursue higher math degrees may help solve certain problems, but does it make any difference for something as simple as cutting your grass? To find out, I spent the ...

A quadratic equation is drawn as a curve on a set of axes. This type of curve is called a parabola and it is symmetrical. To draw the graph we need coordinates. We generate these coordinates by ...

When your project for the day is painting a room, you probably don’t reach for a calculator. And if any math does come up, it’s likely the stuff you’ve known since grade school: Estimate the area of ...

Click to see a step-by-step slideshow. STEP 1: Use the ruler to draw a vertical line, then draw a horizontal line directly from the end of the vertical line. ...rearrange the cubes so you have six ...