Many developed nations have a serious problem with a shortage in the supply of numerate graduates, fuelled by their school students' negative attitudes towards their future study of mathematics. At the same time, the smart phone and other personal sensing technological devices are becoming commonplace amongst students in schools and universities.…

Discusses how intriguing arithmetic images from geometric situations, which serves to remind students that mathematics is interrelated. Discusses also how the teacher can anticipate the possible dialogue in a class and thereby stress points of emphasis "ahead of time". (BR)

Pascal's triangle can be used as early as grades five and six to teach children to recognize mathematical patterns. Children can be guided to discover patterns or sequences of numbers if they begin with pictures or physical objects which they can manipulate and count. (Author/BB)

Six short articles concerned with mathematics education are included. (FL)

A collection of mathematical notes - On the Roots of a Certain Determinantal Equation", A Geometrical Look at the Square Root of Pi", and others. (RP) A class of Second Order