Math Matters: Why Do I Need to Know This?

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Episode One - Part 1 Introduction Venn diagrams (Resource management) Exponent rules (Compound interest and the Rule of Seventy)
Episode Two - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Logic (Understanding the English language) Factoring (Solving for unknowns in area problems) Rational expressions (Solving for unknowns in area problems)
Episode Three - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Logical fallacies (Spotting bad arguments) Tessellations (Home improvement projects with tile)
Episode Four - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Probability and counting (Lottery likelihoods) Unit conversion (Finding equivalent amounts in different units) Radical expressions (Finding average growth rates)
Episode Five - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Expected value (Average winnings when playing the lottery) Finding polynomials through a point (Modeling real data) Slope of a line (Calculating average rates of change)
Episode Six - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Surface area (Home improvement projects with paint) Complex numbers (Video-game design) Inequalities (Optimization problems with constraints)
Episode Seven - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Graphs of data (Misleading tables and graphs) Volume (Home improvement projects with concrete) Quadratic formula (Solving non-factorable quadratic equations)
Episode Eight - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Similar and congruent triangles (Hard-to-measure distances) Different-base numerals (Understanding your computer) Piecewise functions (Modeling non-continuous situations)
Episode Nine - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Normal distributions (Statistical models) Divisibility theorems (Developing a number sense) Number of polynomial solutions and end behavior (Modeling volume)
Episode Ten - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Consumer mathematics (Paying off credit card debt) Circles and Pythagorean theorem (Finding yourself on a map) Exponential and logarithmic functions (Solving the boiling-water myth)
Episode Eleven - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Amortized loans (Monthly mortgage payments) Least common multiple and greatest common divisor (Using fractions) Systems of two linear equations (Two equations, two unknowns)
Episode Twelve - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 More on credit-card debt (The actual price of financed items) Matrix multiplication (Resource management) Systems of three linear equations (Three equations, three unknowns)
Episode Thirteen - Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Matrix multiplication (Complicated probabilities) Matrix multiplication (Tracking populations by age group) Population models (Unrestricted and restricted growth models)
Episode Fourteen - Part 1 Annuities (Investment strategies) Fair division (Estate settlements) Wrap-up