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A short horizon line between two numbers—year born and year dead—that represents an entire life from birth to death, which could last for decades, years, days, and minutes that the person buried six feet below ground was given.
A dash shows how short our finite or limited life is on this side of eternity, which can’t be added or multiplied, much less saved up to be used in the future.
by Fasters February 23, 2023
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The masculine and feminine subtle behaviors exhibited by the number π makes math educators and recreational mathematicians quietly ask: “Is pi male or female?”
by Fasters December 19, 2021
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The legalization of cannabis to more US states would allow more parents to embrace cannamath, thus enabling them to get more involved in the mathematics education of their children, by being more present, more patient, and more creative with them.
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Punsters have been bees-zy since the British economy started heading south, by divining when the pound would achieve parity with the dollar, or by predicting when £1 + £1 = $2 would occur.
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What percentage of elementary math students (and their teachers and parents) would claim that statements like 1 + 3 = 2, 3 + 2 = 1, and 2 × 3 = 1 aren’t equations, because the sum or product is incorrect?
by Fasters May 9, 2022
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To empathize with tens of thousands of kids who feel left out or alienated on Pi Day, a Singapore NGO is organizing a “Anti-Pi Day” concert to boost their low self-esteem in math.
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Math geeks who are bewitched or mesmerized by what the Metaverse could offer the physical world in coming years or decades have a very high chance of being recruited as Metamates.
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