MathPlus's definitions
When you give the value of the number π correct to more significant figures or decimal places in order that a better pi approximation could be used in a calculation.
Rocket scientists want to grow the pi to play safe, because working with more digits would help reduce any loss in human lives.
by MathPlus October 10, 2021
Get the Grow the Pimug. People’s new attitude towards opportunist right-wing demagogues and conspiracists in an age of fake news and falsehood about the coronavirus pandemic, who make light of the high number of infections and deaths plaguing their countries.
In an age of Trumpism, and racism and supremacism clothed in white Christianity, it’s no surprise that there’s zero trust among millions of voters of all ethnic groups and economic backgrounds vis-à-vis their corrupt or inept “leaders.”
by MathPlus April 3, 2021
Get the Zero Trustmug. The mathematical equivalent of having brown rice rather than white biryani rice. An unsexy, wholesome math curriculum that is healthy to the mind, but brain-unfriendly for most students, who need to force themselves to mastering the concepts confidently.
Like taking cod liver oil, which is good for the body immune system, Singapore math may look unappetizing, but after spending a few hundred hours practicing thousands of nonroutine, impractical or sterile questions, your brain can only get mathematically stronger and healthier.
by MathPlus June 7, 2018
Get the Singapore Mathmug. When opponents of Christianity are hell-bent to devaluing Jesus’ deity, the cross, and His power to forgive all sins, by telling others that Jesus is not the Son of God, but just one of the prophets in the Bible—the lie that their place in paradise is dependent on their good deeds and performing lifelong rituals on earth to an impersonal God rather than through their faith in Jesus’ grace alone and establishing a personal relationship with Him.
It’s not surprising that many religious leaders, who are not anti-God, but anti-Christ, wouldn’t want their followers to know that Jesus’ blood shed on the cross (and not the blood of bulls and goats) is able to forgive all their sins and cleanse them from all unrighteousness, and that through His grace (unmerited favor) by faith (and not through works and rites) that they have eternal life.
by MathPlus July 4, 2021
Get the Not Anti-God, but Anti-Christmug. An introductory course on the number zero offered at some community colleges as part of the popularization of mathematics to an oft-semi-innumerate public.
by MathPlus August 26, 2021
Get the ZERO 101mug. Short for the mathematics of the coronavirus. How corona statistics and math modeling could be used to understand the deadly behavior of the virus, and how to rely on predictions to contain its spread in the community or country.
Coronamatics provides health officials viral insights how to manage the pandemic crisis: Should they lockdown the entire nation again? How long should a new nationwide restriction last? Should schools be closed? Should vaccinated tourists be allowed to revive the economy?
by MathPlus April 12, 2021
Get the Coronamaticsmug. When someone avoids answering a question with a simple yes or no, but instead replies that they don’t know or can’t even remember—a high probability they they are lying.
When pressed by the interviewer if he tested negative on the day of the first presidential debate, Donald gave a trump answer.
by MathPlus October 30, 2020
Get the Trump Answermug.