Named for Plato, who theorized that the classical elements were made of these regular polyhedrons, three of the Platonic solids are composed of equilateral triangles: the tetrahedron, octahedron, and ...

Introduction Do you ever use math as a tool to solve interesting problems? In the 1970s math was often taught with simple worksheets. One teacher was looking for a way to help his students have more ...

Mathematical modeling is the process of developing mathematical descriptions, or models, of real-world systems. These models can be linear or nonlinear, discrete or continuous, deterministic or ...

The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) named Friends’ Central’s Upper School Math Modeling Team a National Finalist in the 19th Annual High School Mathematical Modeling Contest.

You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play ...