The Math Dude Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier

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The Math Dude makes understanding math easier and more fun than you ever thought possible. Host Dr. Jason Marshall provides clear explanations of math terms and principles, and his simple tricks for solving basic algebra problems will have even the most mathphobic looking forward to working out whatever math problem comes their way. If you're getting ready to take the SAT, GRE, or any of the other standardized tests; or if you're going back to school and need to brush up on the basics, Math Dude's Quick and Dirty Tips to Make Math Easier will strengthen your fundamental skills and help you understand the language of math. And if you just want to calculate the tip without using your iPhone and impress all your friends, his tips and tricks are for you too.

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300 TMD Math Is a Playground…So Play!
Feb 24, 2017
077 TMD How Are Distances and Absolute Values Related?
Feb 18, 2017
299 TMD How to Use Math to Fly Rockets to Space
Feb 10, 2017
227 TMD Polygon Puzzle: How Many Degrees Are In a Polygon?
Feb 03, 2017
298 TMD The Simple Math Behind Crunching the Sizes of Crowds
Jan 27, 2017
226 TMD Math Tips for Smart Shopping
Jan 20, 2017
250 TMD How to Measure Time Without a Stopwatch
Jan 13, 2017
297 TMD 4 More FAQs About Percentages
Jan 06, 2017
193 TMD The 5 Steps of Problem Solving
Dec 30, 2016
296 TMD How Many Gifts Are In the 12 Days of Christmas?
Dec 23, 2016
179 TMD Christmas Math 101
Dec 16, 2016
295 TMD What Is the Probability that Alien Life Exists?
Dec 09, 2016
127 TMD How to Quickly Calculate Percentages
Dec 02, 2016
294 TMD How Are Turkeys and Extraterrestrials Related?
Nov 25, 2016
134 TMD What Are Mixed Fractions?
Nov 18, 2016
293 TMD Why Were the 2016 U.S. Presidential Polls Wrong?
Nov 11, 2016
206 TMD How Big Is the Universe?
Nov 04, 2016
292 TMD How to Think About the Size of the Earth
Oct 28, 2016
210 TMD 5 More Tips for Understanding Weights and Measures
Oct 21, 2016
291 TMD How Does Geometry Explain the Phases of the Moon?
Oct 14, 2016
221 TMD What Are Polygons? (Reissue)
Oct 07, 2016
290 TMD How to Win Every Bet
Sep 30, 2016
204 TMD What Is Angular Size?
Sep 23, 2016
289 TMD How to Use Geometry to Calculate the Size of Earth
Sep 16, 2016
257 TMD 3 Numerical Fun Facts About NFL Football
Sep 09, 2016
288 TMD What Is a Light Year?
Sep 02, 2016
197 TMD What Are the Odds of Successfully Navigating an Asteroid Field?
Aug 26, 2016
287 TMD Why Are There Ties in Olympic Swimming?
Aug 19, 2016
229 TMD How FOIL Can Help Your Math Skills
Aug 12, 2016
286 TMD 5 Numerical Fun Facts About the Olympics
Aug 05, 2016
205 TMD How Big Is the Solar System?
Jul 29, 2016
285 TMD What Are Polynomials?
Jul 22, 2016
235 TMD Phone Keypad Number Puzzle
Jul 15, 2016
284 TMD 4 Numerical Fun Facts About the Juno Spacecraft
Jul 08, 2016
211 TMD How to Use Google as a Calculator
Jul 01, 2016
283 TMD How to Solve the Famous Coffee and Cream Puzzle
Jun 24, 2016
231 TMD What Is a Nautical Mile?
Jun 17, 2016
282 TMD How to Prove the Pythagorean Theorem
Jun 10, 2016
234 TMD How to Estimate Hours Left Until Sunset
Jun 03, 2016
281 TMD How to Think About Division: Part 2
May 27, 2016
216 TMD Why Does a Triangle Have 180 Degrees?
May 20, 2016
280 TMD How to Think About Division: Part 1
May 13, 2016
198 TMD The Equation for a Happy Mother's Day
May 06, 2016
279 TMD How to Think About Multiplication: Part 2
Apr 29, 2016
129 TMD How to Simplify Fractions
Apr 22, 2016
278 TMD How to Think About Multiplication: Part 1
Apr 15, 2016
030 TMD How to Use Math to Send Encrypted Messages
Apr 08, 2016
277 TMD 3 Numerical Fun Facts About the NCAA Tournament
Apr 01, 2016
213 TMD What Are the Odds of Winning the Lottery?
Mar 25, 2016
276 TMD How to Think About Subtraction: Part 2
Mar 18, 2016
190 TMD 3.14 Fun Facts About Pi
Mar 11, 2016
275 TMD How to Think About Subtraction: Part 1
Mar 03, 2016
138 TMD How to Add and Subtract Like an Egyptian
Feb 26, 2016
274 TMD How to Think About Addition
Feb 19, 2016
196 TMD How Is Rainfall Measured?
Feb 12, 2016
273 TMD How to Combine Like Terms
Feb 05, 2016
114 TMD How Many Grains of Sand are on Earth's Beaches?
Jan 29, 2016
272 TMD What Does Half-Life Mean?
Jan 22, 2016
271 TMD What Do Analog and Digital Mean?
Jan 15, 2016
270 TMD What Is a Pie Chart?
Jan 08, 2016
028 TMD How to Use Statistics to Understand Poll Results
Jan 01, 2016
269 TMD How to Use Histograms to Fix Your Pictures
Dec 25, 2015
268 TMD How to Use Histograms to Take Better Pictures
Dec 18, 2015
267 TMD What Is a Histogram?
Dec 11, 2015
266 TMD What Is a Bar Graph?
Dec 04, 2015
222 TMD Thanksgiving and Black Friday After-Math
Nov 27, 2015
265 TMD How to Use Stem-and-Leaf Plots
Nov 20, 2015
264 TMD What Are Stem-and-Leaf Plots?
Nov 13, 2015
263 TMD How to Solve Archimedes’ Volume Puzzle
Nov 06, 2015
172 TMD Halloween Math and More Percentage Questions
Oct 30, 2015
262 TMD How to Find the Volume of a Pumpkin
Oct 23, 2015
261 TMD How to Resolve Zeno’s Paradox
Oct 16, 2015
260 TMD What Is a Mathematical Limit?
Oct 09, 2015
259 TMD What Is Euler's Number?
Oct 02, 2015
258 TMD What Is Exponential Growth?
Sep 25, 2015
256 TMD Imaginary Numbers in the Real World
Sep 11, 2015
255 TMD What Are Vectors?
Sep 04, 2015
254 TMD What Are Complex Numbers?
Aug 28, 2015
253 TMD What Are Imaginary Numbers?
Aug 21, 2015
252 TMD How to Use the Stars to Find Your Latitude
Aug 14, 2015
251 TMD How to Calculate Density
Aug 07, 2015
249 TMD 3 Tips for Calculating Percentages
Jul 24, 2015
248 TMD 3 More Numerical Fun Facts About Pluto
Jul 17, 2015
247 TMD 5 Numerical Fun Facts About Pluto
Jul 10, 2015
111 TMD How to Find the Distance to Fireworks and Thunderstorms
Jul 03, 2015
246 TMD Martin Gardner's 3 Penny Puzzle
Jun 24, 2015
245 TMD Why Does a Circle Have 360 Degrees?
Jun 19, 2015
244 TMD What Are Combinations? Part 2
Jun 12, 2015
243 TMD What Are Combinations? Part 1
Jun 06, 2015
242 TMD What Are Permutations?
May 30, 2015
241 TMD How to Solve the Famous Clock Puzzle
May 21, 2015
173 TMD You Are NOT Bad at Math
May 15, 2015
240 TMD How to Think About Small Numbers, Part 2
May 09, 2015
239 TMD How to Think About Small Numbers, Part 1
May 02, 2015
011 - What are Numerators and Denominators?
Apr 24, 2015
238 TMD The Infamous “Cheryl’s Birthday” Puzzle
Apr 18, 2015
237 TMD When Is the Next Leap Year?
Apr 11, 2015
109 TMD How to Square Two-Digit Numbers in Your Head
Apr 03, 2015
236 TMD A Perplexing Geometry Fun Fact
Mar 28, 2015
162 TMD 5 Tips for Faster Mental Multiplication
Mar 20, 2015
233 TMD How to Draw Perfect Angles
Feb 20, 2015
232 TMD Valentine’s Day Math
Feb 13, 2015
230 TMD How to Calculate Arc Length
Jan 31, 2015
228 TMD 3 Tips for Subtracting Quickly
Jan 16, 2015
180 TMD New Year Math Fun Facts
Jan 02, 2015
225 TMD 2 More Tips for Adding Quickly
Dec 20, 2014
224 TMD 3 Tips for Adding Quickly
Dec 13, 2014
223 TMD How to Find the Center of a Circle
Dec 06, 2014
220 TMD Martin Gardner’s Best Math Puzzles (Part 2)
Nov 15, 2014
219 TMD Martin Gardner’s Best Math Puzzles (Part 1)
Nov 08, 2014
218 TMD What Is a Great Circle?
Oct 25, 2014
217 TMD What Are Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry?
Oct 18, 2014
215 TMD All About Triangles
Oct 04, 2014
214 TMD How to Calculate the Area of a Triangle
Sep 27, 2014
212 TMD 3 More Tips for Using Google as a Calculator
Sep 13, 2014
209 TMD 5 Tips for Understanding Weights and Measures
Aug 23, 2014
208 TMD How to Solve the Famous Birthday Problem
Aug 16, 2014
207 TMD Are Mass and Weight the Same Thing?
Aug 09, 2014
136 TMD How to Add and Subtract Mixed Fractions
Jul 18, 2014
137 TMD How to Multiply and Divide Mixed Fractions
Jul 18, 2014
203 TMD How to Think About Astronomically Large Numbers
Jun 21, 2014
202 TMD World Cup Math
Jun 14, 2014
201 TMD How to Prove There Are Infinite Prime Numbers?
Jun 07, 2014
200 TMD What Is Math, Really?
May 30, 2014
078 TMD How to Use Math to Land Your Dream Job
May 23, 2014
199 TMD How to Prove That 1 = 2?
May 17, 2014
195 TMD What Is the Famous Monty Hall Problem?
Apr 19, 2014
194 TMD What Physics Recently Discovered About the Big Bang
Apr 11, 2014
192 TMD What Do Sine Functions Look Like?
Mar 29, 2014
191 TMD How Many Minutes of Daylight Do We Gain or Lose Each Day?
Mar 22, 2014
189 TMD What Are the Odds of Predicting a Perfect NCAA Tournament Bracket?
Mar 08, 2014
188 TMD 3 Frequently Asked Questions About Modular Arithmetic
Mar 01, 2014
187 TMD What Are the Domain and Range of a Function?
Feb 22, 2014
186 TMD What Are Functions?
Feb 15, 2014
185 TMD How to Use Trigonometry to Measure the Height of a Tree
Feb 08, 2014
184 TMD 3 Super Bowl Fun Facts
Feb 01, 2014
183 TMD What Are Radians and Degrees?
Jan 25, 2014
182 - What Are Sine, Cosine, and Tangent?
Jan 17, 2014
181 TMD The World of Trigonometry
Jan 11, 2014
178 TMD The Magic of Number 9 (Part 2)
Dec 14, 2013
177 TMD The Magic of Number 9 (Part 1)
Dec 07, 2013
176 TMD 3 Frequently Asked Questions About Math Puzzles
Nov 29, 2013
175 TMD How to Make a Graph (Part 2)
Nov 23, 2013
174 TMD How to Make a Graph (Part 1)
Nov 16, 2013
108 TMD Is There a Difference Between Odds and Probability?
Nov 01, 2013
171 TMD How to Calculate with Significant Figures
Oct 19, 2013
170 TMD How to Identify Significant Figures
Oct 11, 2013
169 TMD What Are Significant Figures?
Oct 04, 2013
168 TMD 3 Frequently Asked Questions About Percentages
Sep 28, 2013
167 TMD Accuracy Versus Precision
Sep 20, 2013
166 TMD How to Round Numbers (Part 2)
Sep 14, 2013
123 TMD What Is Pascal's Triangle? Part 1
Aug 23, 2013
096 TMD How to Write Small Numbers with Scientific Notation
Aug 09, 2013
165 TMD How to Round Numbers (Part 1)
Aug 06, 2013
164 TMD 5 Tips for Faster Mental Division (Part 2)
Jul 25, 2013
163 TMD 5 Tips for Faster Mental Division (Part 1)
Jul 25, 2013
161 TMD How to Subtract Quickly
Jul 11, 2013
160 TMD How to Square Numbers Quickly
Jul 06, 2013
159 TMD A 4-Step Guide to Solving Equations (Part 2)
Jun 28, 2013
158 TMD A 4-Step Guide to Solving Equations (Part 1)
Jun 21, 2013
157 TMD How To Solve Equations (Part 2)
Jun 14, 2013
156 TMD How to Picture the Meaning of Algebra
Jun 07, 2013
155 TMD What Is the Pythagorean Theorem?
May 31, 2013
154 TMD Why Is Algebra Useful?
May 24, 2013
153 TMD How To Solve Equations (Part 1)
May 17, 2013
152 TMD What Are Equations?
May 10, 2013
086 TMD How to Convert Between Fahrenheit and Celsius
May 03, 2013
151 TMD What Are Algebraic Expressions?
Apr 26, 2013
150 TMD What Are Variables? (Part 2)
Apr 19, 2013
149 TMD What Are Variables? (Part 1)
Apr 12, 2013
148 TMD What Is Algebra?
Apr 05, 2013
147 TMD How Do Computers Add? (Part 3)
Mar 29, 2013
146 TMD How Do Computers Add? (Part 2)
Mar 22, 2013
145 TMD How Do Computers Add? (Part 1)
Mar 15, 2013
097 TMD What is Pi?
Mar 08, 2013
144 TMD What Is Boolean Algebra?
Mar 01, 2013
143 TMD How to Add Binary Numbers
Feb 22, 2013
142 TMD What Are Binary Numbers? Part 2
Feb 15, 2013
141 TMD What Are Binary Numbers? Part 1
Feb 08, 2013
140 TMD How to Add and Subtract Roman Numerals
Feb 01, 2013
139 TMD What Are Roman Numerals?
Jan 25, 2013
135 TMD How to Turn Mixed Fractions Into Improper Fractions
Dec 28, 2012
133 TMD How to Compare Fractions
Dec 14, 2012
132 TMD What Is the Lowest Common Denominator?
Dec 07, 2012
131 TMD What Is the Least Common Multiple?
Nov 30, 2012
130 TMD How to Find Common Denominators
Nov 23, 2012
128 TMD How to Factor Numbers
Nov 09, 2012
126 TMD How to Quickly Add the Integers From 1 to n
Oct 19, 2012
125 TMD How to Quickly Add the Integers From 1 to 100 - Part 1
Oct 12, 2012
124 TMD What Is Pascal's Triangle? Part 2
Oct 05, 2012
122 TMD How to Calculate Probabilities, Part 2
Sep 21, 2012
121 TMD How to Calculate Probabilities, Part 1
Sep 14, 2012
120 TMD What Are Probability Trees?
Sep 07, 2012
119 TMD What Is Probability?
Aug 31, 2012
118 TMD What Are Moving Averages? Part 2
Aug 24, 2012
071 TMD How to Amaze Your Friends With Number Tricks
Aug 17, 2012
117 TMD What Are Moving Averages? Part 1
Aug 10, 2012
116 TMD What Is the Circumference of a Circle?
Aug 03, 2012
115 TMD Olympic Math Boot Camp
Jul 27, 2012
113 TMD What is the Higgs Boson Particle? Part 2
Jul 13, 2012
112 TMD What is a Higgs Boson? Part 1
Jul 06, 2012
110 TMD What Are Prime and Composite Numbers?
Jun 15, 2012
107 TMD The Math of a Solar Eclipse
May 25, 2012
106 TMD How to Work and Play with PEMDAS
May 18, 2012
105 TMD What is PEMDAS?
May 11, 2012
104 TMD How to Calculate Square Roots in Your Head
May 04, 2012
103 TMD What are Square Roots?
Apr 27, 2012
102 TMD Why Math Isn't an Awful Nerd, Part 2
Apr 20, 2012
101 TMD How to Look for Patterns in Numbers
Apr 13, 2012
100 TMD Why Math Isn't an Awful Nerd, Part 1
Apr 06, 2012
099 TMD How to Estimate Pi with Monte Carlo Methods, Part 2
Mar 24, 2012
098 TMD How to Estimate Pi with Monte Carlo Methods, Part 1
Mar 16, 2012
094 TMD How to Memorize Numbers, Part 3
Feb 17, 2012
093 TMD How to Memorize Numbers, Part 2
Feb 10, 2012
092 TMD How to Memorize Numbers, Part 1
Feb 03, 2012
091 TMD What Do Negative Exponents Mean?
Jan 27, 2012
090 TMD How to Divide Numbers with Exponents
Jan 20, 2012
089 TMD How to Multiply Numbers with Exponents
Jan 13, 2012
088 TMD What Is Scientific Notation?
Jan 06, 2012
033 TMD Is Multiplication the Same as Repeated Addition?
Dec 30, 2011
087 TMD How to Adjust Your Holiday Recipes
Dec 16, 2011
085 TMD How Are Check Digits Used in the Real World?
Dec 02, 2011
084 TMD What is "Casting Out Nines"? Part 3
Nov 25, 2011
083 TMD What Is Casting Out Nines? Part 2
Nov 18, 2011
082 TMD What Is "Casting Out Nines"? Part 1
Nov 11, 2011
081 TMD How to Check Your Arithmetic, Part 2
Oct 28, 2011
080 TMD How to Check Your Arithmetic, Part 1
Oct 21, 2011
079 TMD How to Multiply and Divide Negative Numbers
Oct 14, 2011
032 TMD How to Use Math to Make Estimates
Sep 30, 2011
076 TMD What are Absolute Values?
Sep 16, 2011
075 TMD Tips to Boost Your Business Math Skills, Part 2
Sep 02, 2011
074 TMD Tips to Boost Your Business Math Skills, Part 1
Aug 26, 2011
007 TMD Making Sense of Definitions and Interpretations in Math
Aug 19, 2011
073 TMD How to Use Venn Diagrams to Solve Problems
Aug 12, 2011
072 TMD What is a Venn Diagram?
Aug 05, 2011
008 TMD Two Tips to Help You Add Quickly
Jul 29, 2011
070 TMD What are Real Numbers?
Jul 15, 2011
069 TMD What are the Union and Intersection of Sets?
Jul 08, 2011
068 TMD What are Sets and Subsets?
Jul 01, 2011
067 TMD How to Use Mathematical Series in the Real World
Jun 24, 2011
066 TMD How to Calculate How Fast Your Money Will Grow
Jun 17, 2011
065 TMD What is a Mathematical Series?
Jun 10, 2011
064 TMD How to Use the Compound Interest Formula
Jun 03, 2011
063 TMD What is the Compound Interest Formula?
May 27, 2011
012 TMD Use the Power of Ten Percent to Easily Calculate How Much to Tip
May 27, 2011
062 TMD What are Exponents?
May 13, 2011
061 TMD How to Use the Rule of 72 to Find the Time it Takes to Double Your Money
May 06, 2011
044 TMD How to Multiply Quickly
Apr 29, 2011
060 TMD What is the Associative Property?
Apr 22, 2011
059 TMD What is a Mobius Strip?
Apr 15, 2011
058 TMD How to Tell If a Number is Divisible by 7, 8, or 9
Apr 08, 2011
057 TMD How to Tell If a Number is Divisible by 4, 5, or 6
Apr 01, 2011
056 TMD How to Tell If a Number is Divisible by 2 or 3
Mar 25, 2011
055 TMD How to Calculate the Day of the Week of Any Date
Mar 18, 2011
054 TMD How is Modular Arithmetic Related to Remainders in Division?
Mar 11, 2011
053 TMD What is Modular Arithmetic?
Mar 04, 2011
052 TMD How to Convert Repeating Decimals to Fractions, Part 3
Feb 25, 2011
051 TMD How to Convert Repeating Decimals to Fractions, Part 2
Feb 18, 2011
050 TMD How to Convert Repeating Decimals to Fractions, Part 1
Feb 11, 2011
049 TMD How to Convert Decimals to Fractions, Part 1
Feb 04, 2011
048 TMD What are Irrational Numbers?
Jan 28, 2011
047 TMD What are Rational Numbers?
Jan 14, 2011
046 TMD How to Explain Patterns with Math
Dec 31, 2010
045 TMD Two Tips for Multiplying by Eleven
Dec 17, 2010
006 TMD The Commutative Property of Addition in Life and Math (repeat of 2-19-10)
Dec 03, 2010
043 TMD What is the Distributive Property?
Nov 26, 2010
042 TMD How Statistics Solved the German Tank Problem
Nov 19, 2010
041 TMD What are Statistics and Estimators?
Nov 12, 2010
040 TMD How to Divide Fractions
Nov 05, 2010
010 TMD What are Fractions?
Oct 29, 2010
039 TMD What Do Prefixes Mean in Math? - Part 2
Oct 22, 2010
038 TMD What Do Prefixes Mean in Math? - Part 1
Oct 08, 2010
037 TMD How to Estimate How Fast Someone is Running
Oct 01, 2010
036 TMD How to Convert from Miles to Kilometers...and More
Sep 24, 2010
035 TMD How to Convert Units Using the Multiplicative Identity
Sep 17, 2010
034 TMD How to Multiply Fractions
Sep 10, 2010
031 TMD What Are Area and Volume?
Aug 20, 2010
029 TMD What are 1D, 2D, and 3D Coordinates?
Aug 06, 2010
027 TMD How to Make Box and Whisker Plots
Jul 16, 2010
026 TMD What are the Range and Standard Deviation?
Jul 09, 2010
025 TMD What is the Mode?
Jul 02, 2010
024 TMD How Median Averaging Can Fix Your Photos
Jun 25, 2010
023 TMD How to Calculate Median Values
Jun 18, 2010
022 TMD How to Calculate Mean Values
Jun 11, 2010
021 TMD What Do Averages Mean?
Jun 04, 2010
020 TMD How are Fractions and Division Related?
May 28, 2010
019 TMD What are Decimals?
May 21, 2010
018 TMD How to Use the Golden Ratio to Take Better Pictures
May 14, 2010
017 TMD What is the Golden Ratio and How is it Related to the Fibonacci Sequence?
May 07, 2010
016 TMD What is the Fibonacci Sequence and Why is it Famous?
Apr 30, 2010
015 TMD What Are Geometric Sequences?
Apr 22, 2010
014 TMD What Are Sequences in Math?
Apr 15, 2010
013 How to Use Percentages to Easily Calculate Sales Prices
Apr 09, 2010
009 TMD How to Add Quickly, Part 2
Mar 10, 2010
005 TMD How to Subtract Negative Integers
Feb 13, 2010
004 TMD How to Add Negative Integers
Feb 06, 2010
002 TMD What are Natural Numbers?
Jan 26, 2010
003 TMD What are Negative Numbers and Integers?
Jan 26, 2010
001 TMD How to Understand the Language of Math
Jan 12, 2010