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German math textbooks that were used during the reign of Adolf Hitler in the Second World War, whose word problems often mockingly or sickeningly demonize the “undesirables.”
One 1941 Nazi math question is: “Every day, the state spends RM 6 on one cripple; RM 4 1/2on one mentally ill person; RM 5 1/2 on one deaf and dumb person; RM 5 3/5 on one feeble-minded person; RM 3 on one alcoholic; RM 4 4/5 on one pupil in care; RM 2 1/10 on one pupil at a special school; and RM 9/20 for one pupil at a normal school. Calculate the expenditure of the state for one pupil in a special school and one pupil in an ordinary school over eight years and state the amount of higher cost engendered by the special school pupil.”
by MathPlus December 29, 2020
Get the Nazi Mathmug. A patented 3D glass structure that embodies both feminine curvature and phallic symbolism—its sensual shape makes it a collectible of choice among both lay and serious bottle collectors.
by MathPlus November 22, 2021
Get the Coke Bottlemug. An educational mecca for budget-conscious tourists, who are looking for some cheap, cool math books for their kids whose math grades have hardly improved from using locally published textbooks.
Although Singapore is arguably a first-class economy with a third-rate educational publishing industry—which often condones Machiavellian math practices—however, its wallet-friendly math K-12 titles are sought after by homeschoolers in many developed and developing countries.
by MathPlus September 16, 2018
Get the Singaporemug. When autistic folks or idiot savants claim that hours-long meditation on the digits of the decimal number π puts them in some kind of hypnotic state, thus allowing their mind’s eye to see sexy numerical relationships, or kaleidoscopic geometric shapes linked to the “sacred” digits of the transcendental pi in hyperspace.
Pure mathematicians or number theorists obsessed with the beautiful properties of π love to indulge themselves in pi trance activities, hoping to experience a few aha! moments in the process.
by MathPlus July 13, 2021
Get the Pi Trancemug. An oft-unspoken disability whereby someone could hardly distinguish between the letter “O” and the number 0, often mistaking one for the other—the disorder was coined after the word “naught” for nothing, nil, or zero.
by MathPlus October 11, 2021
Get the Dysnauxiamug. When unscrupulous mainland Chinese manufacturers ship millions of inferior or ISO-unapproved masks to syndicates in both developed and developing countries, which then distribute them to unsuspected hospitals and businesses—when low quality masks the wallet-friendly masks.
Is mask trafficking behind the difference between “Three China-made mask boxes for $10” and “One mask box at $8”?
by MathPlus March 27, 2021
Get the Mask Traffickingmug. The Japanese art of folding a square paper, with orange on one side and white on the other side, into a shape that resembles the Pinocchio-in-Chief.
A number of Trumpublican math educators in some red states are planning a Trumpgami Contest on Pi Day to remember the “educational contributions” of their one-term, twice-impeached, thrice-married ex-president, whose signature helped revoke Common Core Math in their schools.
by MathPlus June 22, 2021
Get the Trumpgamimug.