Math in everyday use

It’s the holiday season. And as you rush from one store to the next finding the perfect gifts, don’t forget one of the most important aspects of holiday shopping: choosing just the right parking space.

A researcher in the UK has come up with a formula to help drivers determine the best parking space for their car to fit in to. Check it out here from cnet.

Sure, it can do a lot of things. But theater?

Accountant, teacher, scientist. Playwright?

Believe it or not, math has also crept its way onto the stage.

When a play producer in the Boston area asked teachers to submit ideas for a play that could be performed in high schools, she wasn’t sure math would lend itself to theater. But when she read a script with a math storyline, she quickly changed her mind.

Read the story from The Boston Globe.