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Matthew Daly

Rochester, NY, USA

"You get to be a superhero by believing in the hero within you and summoning him or her forth by an act of will. Alternatively, you can fall into a nuclear reactor and hope for the best." -Adrian Veidt, Watchmen

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Top Questions
45 votes

Completing the square to solve limit problems

real-analysis calculus limits asked Nov 7 '19 at 11:17
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What are the applications of the Mean Value Theorem?

calculus soft-question education motivation asked Oct 21 '19 at 16:57
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28 votes

How to give my students a straightedge instead of a ruler

geometry constructions asked Sep 13 '19 at 16:46
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22 votes

Find a counterexample: For every antiprime $n>1$, there is a prime divisor $p$ such that $n/p$ is an antiprime

number-theory elementary-number-theory divisibility examples-counterexamples asked Jan 31 '20 at 10:42
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14 votes

How should I introduce the Chain Rule

secondary-education calculus curriculum asked Dec 24 '19 at 0:00
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Co-curricular lessons between geometry and chemistry?

secondary-education geometry curriculum physical-sciences asked Nov 14 '19 at 17:51
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A challenging geometry proof?

geometry proof-writing euclidean-geometry conic-sections asked Aug 16 '19 at 21:53
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8 votes

An alternative to “two column” geometry proofs

secondary-education geometry proofs terminology usa asked Sep 1 '19 at 5:10
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What are strategies for teaching that the altitude of a right triangle creates two similar triangles?

secondary-education geometry asked Feb 25 '20 at 12:49
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Is there online geometric construction software that models physical constructions?

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Top Answers
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Given a Fibonacci number , find the next Fibonacci number
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Explaining why (or whether) zero and one are prime, composite or neither to younger children
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properties that real numbers hold but complex numbers does not
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Why are direct proofs often considered better than indirect proofs?
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Is this primarily a “rote computational trick” for multiplication by 9?
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How much symbolic calculations before plugging in actual values?
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Multiplying the inequalities gives a weird result which is obviously wrong
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How important is knowledge of trig identities for use in Calculus
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Are there a finite number of trees with $k$ leaves and no vertices of degree $2$?
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Pythagorean triple with hypotenuse a power of $2$
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Should figures be presented to scale?
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Algorithmic thinking problems
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Estimate number of digits of 333!
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Why is $0 \neq 1$ included in this list of algebraic axioms?
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Should we teach simple content quickly or slowly?
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Does $2^n \bmod n$ ever repeat?
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Prove that there are two powers of $2$ having the same last $100$ digits.
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In how many ways can $2n+1$ seats in a party are divided among three parties so that the coalition of any two parties will ensure them of a majority?
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How does one prove that $n^2 +5n + 16$ is not divisible by $169$ for any integer $n$?
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Six letter words from “MONSTER”
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Should we stop using traditional compass in schools & start/encourage adopting compasses like “Slide N Measure” or “Safe-T” compasses instead?
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Misdirected, Side-Tracked, and Distorted Ramanujan: Problems in Basic Math Education?
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Visual Intuition for the Sum of a FINITE Geometric Series
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$7$ dwarfs $d_1, … , d_7$ have $7$ jobs $j_1, … , j_7$ to do every day
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Prisoner's dilemma formulation for children
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Name for quadratic functions with no linear term
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Rational number with more than ten digits
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How do I find the absolute maximum and absolute minimum of a function on the given interval?
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Finding a nice solution to $\sum_{a,b,c\ge 1, a+b+c=9}\frac{9!}{a!b!c!}=18150$
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How to intuitively understand how the trig ratios are calculated
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