Mathhiker Math Tutorials

Tuesday, January 5, 2010 – Why is the Volume of a Sphere Formula the Way It Is?

minkusbc — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:04:55 +0000

Dodeca and Icosa discuss why the volume of a sphere has the formula that it does. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Monday, January 4th, 2010 – Folding a paper in half

minkusbc — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:37:05 +0000

Octa challenges Hexa to fold a large piece of paper on half ten times. See what the result is. Click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 – How to Rearrange Equations

minkusbc — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:39:27 +0000

How can equations be rearranged and solved for different variables. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.

How To Rearrange Equations

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 – Volumes of Pyramids

minkusbc — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:42:13 +0000

Dodeca and Icosa discuss how the formulas for the volumes of pyramids can be obtained from the formulas for the volumes of prisms. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Monday, December 14, 2009 – String Art Part Two

minkusbc — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:17:20 +0000

Octa and Hexa continue with their string art boat by changing the scales on one of the axes. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if possible.

Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 – Volumes Part One

minkusbc — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:16:39 +0000

Dodeca and Icosa have a look at how volumes of shapes can be computed from the areas of their bases. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary

Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Monday, December 7, 2009 – How To Do Some String Art

minkusbc — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:27:30 +0000

Octa shows Hexa how to do some string art. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

Saturday, December 5, 2009 – Using Factoring to Cube Any Number

minkusbc — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:16:38 +0000

Using the factoring formula for the difference of cubes leads to a mental mathematics trick to cube any number. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.

Using Factoring to Cube Any Number

Thursday, December 3, 2009 – Didekind Cleans Up Mathematics

minkusbc — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:17:01 +0000

2000 years after Euclid proved that the square root of 2 was irrational, Dedekind puts the rigor into how the irrationals exist on the real number line. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.

Dedekind Cleans Up Mathematics

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 – Using Dividing Radicals

minkusbc — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:19:15 +0000

How dividing radicals and rationalizing the denominator helps in a geometry proof. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.

Using Dividing Radicals In a Proof