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Math questions on food, drinks, and consumer items (toothpaste, lipsticks, skin lotions, etc.) that contain cannabis or its derivatives, which poses a health or moral threat to concerned or conservative parents, pastors, and politicians.
A raw math manuscript, which defines “green products” as those containing marijuana in controlled amounts, was leaked out to some expatriate teachers in an international school in Bangkok. One such Thailand math question is the following: “Two green cookies and a cup of green coffee cost 415 Baht. Three green cookies and two cups of green coffee cost 710 Baht. What much is a green cookie?” Answer: 120 Baht.
by Fasters September 12, 2022
Get the Thailand Mathmug. When foreign countries discreetly incorporate the best of the Singapore math curriculum, such as the bar or stack model method, learning experiences, and big ideas, into their own local curriculum, by adopting it as their stepchild, where cross-fertilization of local and foreign ideas occasionally results in an aha! by-product.
Thanks to the bastardization of Singapore math, the US Common Core Math had given birth to a few beautiful methodological and pedagogical offsprings in math education, much to the delight of local math educators who follow closely how their foreign counterparts are creatively adopting some of the problem-solving visualization strategies.
by Fasters July 19, 2022
Get the The Bastardization of Singapore Mathmug. When the number π has undergone many transformations over the centuries from being merely associated to a circle to identifying itself with infinite series, the bell curve, and even the possible communication with extraterrestrials—from geometry and trigonometry to statistics and probability to infinity and astronomy.
by Fasters February 2, 2022
Get the Pi Reincarnationmug. The minimalist value of pi (unless you need a far better approximation to ensuring that someone lands safely on a distant planet, or that a computer system is in good working conditions).
For most practical purposes involving the constant π, you’d do fine with the quick-and-dirty value of 3.
by Fasters February 2, 2023
Get the 3mug. When math geeks could experience a deeper relationship with mathematics’s most beloved constant, as they delight in her presence, who is more than willing to reveal more of her numerical or geometric secrets to those who seek her with all their heart, mind, and soul.
by Fasters December 12, 2022
Get the Pi Callingmug. The mathematical equivalent of thinking like a child, who uniquely looks at the world imaginatively, playfully, or creatively, much to the delight of others who might even experience an aha! moment from their spontaneous response or behavior.
If mathematical constants like e and 𝛷 were to think like π, by freely and consciously promoting themselves regularly, there is no reason that they couldn’t be as popular and interesting as the beloved beautiful pi.
by Fasters December 25, 2021
Get the Think Like πmug. When the frequency of the number π gracing the pages of reputable math journals took a dive during the pandemic, when both male and female mathematicians and math educators worldwide, working from home, felt half-productive or fell sick from Covid-19.
Guesstimate how many pure mathematicians globally had some mental health issues during the pi lockdown in 2020–2021.
by Fasters January 15, 2022
Get the Pi Lockdownmug.