Joseph Meyer

13 Tricks to Up Your Chances of Winning the Lottery

Use clever practices that paid off for past lottery winners to enhance your likelihood of scoring bigEveryone dreams of winning the lottery, so why not try to get one step closer to your fantasy? Sure, winning a big payd...

How to

Measure Your Height by Yourself

If you need to know your height but there's no one around to measure it for you, don't worry. There are several ways you can accurately measure your height by yourself.

How to Find the Perfect Sample Size for Your Research Study

Learn all the calculations you need with our complete guideScientific studies often rely on surveys distributed among a sample of some total population. Your sample will need to include a certain number of people, howeve...

How to

Interpolate

Linear interpolation, also called simply interpolation or “lerping,” is the ability to deduce a value between two values explicitly stated in a table or on a line graph. While many people can interpolate on an intuit...

How to

Graph Sine and Cosine Functions

The sine and cosine functions appear all over math in trigonometry, pre-calculus, and even calculus. Understanding how to create and draw these functions is essential to these classes, and to nearly anyone working in a s...

How to

Calculate Leap Years

Leap years are a way to ensure that our calendar is on track. There are roughly 365.24 days in a year, which means that we need to add 1 extra day once every 4 years, and a year with 1 extra day is known as a leap year. ...

How to

Curve Grades

A grade curve is a relative grading procedure that assigns grades for assignments based on the performance of the class as a whole. There are many reasons a teacher or professor may decide to curve a grade - for instance...

How to

Tell Time Without a Clock

Whether you're on a camping trip or planning a break from technology, learning to tell time without clocks is a needed skill. As long as you have a clear view of the sky, you can estimate what time it is. Without a cloc...

How to

Calculate Combinations

Permutations and combinations have uses in math classes and in daily life. Thankfully, they are easy to calculate once you know how. Unlike permutations, where group order matters, in combinations, the order doesn't matt...

How to

Do Sudoku Fast

Have you ever wondered how sudoku masters fly through a puzzle so fast when it feels like it takes you forever? Deducing which numbers fit in the grid can take up a lot of time, but by using a few simple strategies, you ...

How to

Calculate and Compare Unit Prices at the Store

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a bigger package is really a better value when you’re shopping for items at a store. Fortunately, checking the item’s unit price can help you figure out which package provides the mos...

How to

Read Binary

Trying to read a string of binary 1's and 0's can seem a daunting task. However, with a bit of logic we can figure out what they mean. Humans have adapted to use a base ten number system simply because we have ten finger...

How to

Normalize a Vector

A vector is a geometric object that has direction and magnitude. It may be represented as a line segment with an initial point (starting point) on one end and an arrow on the other end, such that the length of the line s...

How to

Integrate Using the Tabular Method

Tabular integration, also called the DI method, is a way to integrate a function by repeatedly differentiating and integrating parts of it. It incorporates the same substitutions that are used for integration by parts, b...

How to Find Derivatives

The formulas you need to work it out on a calculator or by handThe derivative is an operator that finds the instantaneous rate of change of a quantity, usually a slope. Derivatives can be used to obtain useful character...

How to Find the Volume of a Cone

You can calculate the volume of a cone easily once you know its height and radius and can plug those measurements into the formula for finding the volume of a cone.. 30 November 2023. The formula for finding the volume o...

How to

Count in Binary

Want to improve your nerd skills? Learn the counting system computers use for all their calculations. It looks strange at first, but you only need a few rules and a little practice to count in bin ary.

How to

Integrate

Integration is the inverse operation of differentiation. It is commonly said that differentiation is a science, while integration is an art. The reason is because integration is simply a harder task to do - while a deriv...

How to

Construct a Regular Pentagon

A regular pentagon is a five-sided polygon with sides of equal length and interior angles of 108° (3π/5 rad). Because 5 is a Fermat prime, you can construct a regular pentagon using only a straightedge and compass.

How to

Estimate Distances (by Using Your Thumb and Eyes)

Hikers, photographers, hunters, golfers, home astronomers, and nature lovers, if you have ever wondered how far away you are from a given object, estimating that distance may be easier than you realized. The length of yo...