Here’s a famous teaser that I don’t really like much: What number comes next in the sequence 8, 5, 4, 9, 1, 7,…? It’s not so obvious. It becomes a little easier when we write the sequence in words: ...
HERNDON, Va. – There will be plenty of bookworms buzzing around D.C. when competition begins Tuesday at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. But there will be number nerds as well. One of the spellers ...
It happens every time. As I hand the test out to my middle school students, one of them will invariably look up, pencil at the ready, and ask, "Does spelling count?" Let's ignore the fact that my ...