When the world’s most disliked school subject is not a spectator but a player sport; when you need to do math rather than just read about it—the very reason why pop or general math books seldom help raise the mathematical or quantitative literacy of their armchair readers.
Recreationally speaking, math is a noun, but painfully or cognitively speaking, math is a verb—reading and understanding a math proof is one thing; guessing and checking and failing repeatedly and finally proving or solving a math problem is the actual thing.
by MathPlus December 28, 2020
Naturalized Singaporeans who are often faulted or scapegoated for stealing jobs from locals, especially from retrenched middle-aged university and polytechnic graduates, who now have to work as cab drivers or Grab food delivery riders to make a living— Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) has so far been a one-sided trade agreement whereby India has benefited a thousand times more than Singapore, with tens of thousands of Indian graduates from oft-dubious universities currently working in a hundred-odd industries in the island state.
What percents of Cecaporeans had successfully used their fake degrees to secure employment in the “fine” city of Singapore? How many of them were recruited thanks to cronyism and old boys’ networks?
by MathPlus November 18, 2021
A math word or term that has graduated from noun to verb—for example, “zero,” “square,” and “number.”
Mathematical verbs, such as model, pattern, and fractal, are the mathematical equivalents of Google, Xerox, and Zoom.
by MathPlus October 20, 2021
The question anti-maskers worldwide have been asking themselves, because in their minds, Covid or not, they won’t die, as their Creator is the One who determines their number of days on earth, although corporate prayers from righteous men and women could prolong their stay a little bit longer.
“Why should I wear a mask?” and “Why should I be jabbed?” might outwardly appear to be selfish questions, but spiritually or philosophically speaking, they are nontrivial questions that politicians and religious leaders often try to shun away from.
by MathPlus June 26, 2021
When math educators or publishers turn things around, from being a prey to a predator, by outwitting their competitors, because they know what they have to do to be better than them.
To stand out from the crowd, Jeff embraces the predatory math mindset to outsmart the competition, which were left licking their wounds.
by MathPlus March 08, 2021
When the ghosts of atheists, agnostics, or nominal believers who had their lives cut short by the pandemic on earth would still visit their place of worship every week or month to pray for themselves and their loved ones, while they are waiting in transit for the outcome of their eternal home.
Dave’s spirit, who was rekindled by blind faith, would show up on the first and fifteenth days at the temple to pray for the gods and goddesses of good health and prosperity to bless his siblings and schoolmates, and sometimes even for his bosses-turned-bullies.
by MathPlus March 18, 2022
When your fiends or foes realize that you have the power to harm or decimate them if they come close to you despite your small size.
Who can make light of the covid power of the dengue mosquito, which kills hundreds of people every year in some parts of Asia?
by MathPlus March 03, 2021