Non-trick or non-tricky math questions that you can do at your snail’s pace without worry or fear of having to sit for any killer test or exam—they are recommended for self-confessed folks who pride themselves of being “hopeless at math,” or not being born with the “math gene.”
Mathematical slowies are the opposite of “mathematical quickies,” which are generally solved with some insight, and often accompanied by an occasional aha! reaction.
by Numerati January 19, 2025
Get the Mathematical Slowiesmug. When on hearing the sound of the number π, an autistic person or idiot savant thinks of a slice of a cake or pizza instead, or equates either word for something else that is unmistakably alien or paranormal.
Just as the man who mixed up his job for his life, Prof. Paulos, who mildly suffers from schizophrenia, occasionally sounds like the man who mistook pi for pie.
by Numerati December 28, 2023
Get the The Man Who Mistook Pi for Piemug. Short for “pi protectionism.” When the number π prioritizes her tasks based on their value, cost, and urgency—she saves much time and creates great value, by focusing on the “signal-in-the-noise” tasks, unlike her fellow numerical constants that often react paranoiacally at the slightest rumor or furor.
Without practicing pitectionism, the most famous constant in mathematics would be unable to remain popular or be part of popular culture for so long, especially among those who unashamedly pride themselves to be “hopeless” at math.
by Numerati January 06, 2025
Get the Pitectionismmug. When both local and foreign math publishers in Singapore—with the backing of government-linked businesses or organizations, and positive feedback from thousands of homeschoolers overseas—aim to influence or impose their ways of teaching and learning elementary school math around the world—they desire to grow in power and profits to an eager global audience that is keen to emulate Singapore’s math success at home.
Just as the principles of McDonaldization has been applied to the church and religion, mathepreneurs aren’t shy to apply the grobalization of Singapore math to colonize math education around the globe.
by Numerati June 21, 2025
Get the The Grobalization of Singapore Mathmug. When the number π is apparently bestowed or blessed with paranormal or metaphysical properties, which could help divine the trajectory of the human race or some alien civilization if numerologists could decipher the patterns of its seemingly random digits.
Prof. Paulos plans to dedicate his golden years uncovering the piranormal secrets of mathematics’s most famous constant to protect the planet from extraterrestrial invasion.
by Numerati November 22, 2023
Get the Piranormalmug. A four-letter word that traditionally used to be called “arithmetic” in elementary or primary school—the third “R” in Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic. A much-disliked school subject that is mostly used as a social filter to separate the nerds from the herd, or to politically decide the future haves and the have-nots in society.
Unlike our parents and grandparents who’re schooled in old-school math, we’re now taught new math (which includes new ways to add, subtract, and multiply numbers), Common Core math (which incorporates many new math techniques), and Singapore math (which integrates the concrete-pictorial-abstract (CPA) approach to learning math and the bar model method to solve word problems).
by Numerati June 14, 2025
Get the Mathmug. This is what happens to your enemies (competitors, critics, naysayers, hypocrites, trollers, haters, hackers, …) when you are on the same side as the God of Abraham, Jacob, and Isaac, or shielded by the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)—and protected by an invisible army of angelic beings against the dark or evil forces.
Jealousy and envy against God’s children are expected, but they needn’t worry or fear, because the spiritual forces against them are outnumbered by God’s legions of spiritual warriors.
by Numerati February 24, 2025
Get the Outnumberedmug.