Enjoying the intimacy of the number six in the privacy of one's home—experiencing the joy of six without numerical interference from anyone.
Rex likes to indulge in solo six when he's not taking part in any extra-mathematical activity in school—he doesn't mind doing it without a partner, although a twosome would have been more fun and fulfilling.
by MathPlus March 13, 2017
Also known as “Pi Divination.” When someone is always on the lookout for the first few digits of the transcendental number π to appear consecutively in a string of random digits, so that their appearance would give them the illusion or delusion that there is probably some hidden message among the digits for them to uncover.
For numerologists and recreational mathematicians, indulging in pivination is an activity that preoccupies their subconscious mind all the time.
by MathPlus June 24, 2021
Fiendish math questions posed by mean or sadistic math teachers that leverage on the deadlier delta to further terrify an oft-semi-innumerate lay public, who are often more fearful about discriminants and differentials than variants and vaccines.
Guesstimate what percentage of math anxious folks globally are more scared of delta math than the delta variant itself.
by MathPlus October 12, 2021
A biologically inherited but atrophied sense that allows some born with an average or below-average IQ and EQ to punch above their weight cognitively, by lying and scheming their way to only survive but also thrive in life, without getting caught, fined, and jailed for their unethical and immoral lifestyle.
Don has resurrected this trump-sense in him, which had enabled him to become the most powerful man in the world even for just “serving” one term in office.
by MathPlus November 29, 2020
When someone is not piterate, as they are unaware of falsehoods or white lies about the number π, which might elude even long-serving math teachers and exam-smart parents.
Common signs of ippiteracy among students and teachers are: π = 22/7, pi is defined in relation to a circle or limited to geometry, and π = 3 for biblical literalists.
by MathPlus September 10, 2021
When a dishonest seller uses their finger or hand or some other means to tilt one side of a weighing balance to make the left and right sides of the scales look balanced to cheat the customer—a weight balance is often used as a metaphor for an algebraic equation.
God, the Great Mathematician, dislikes immoral algebra, but delights in accurate weights or honest scales.
by MathPlus May 19, 2021
When students’ reliance on a scientific or graphing calculator prevents them from being fluent in performing certain basic operations, such as factorizing a function, finding the zeros of a cubic polynomial, and standardizing a normal distribution from the Statistical Tables—ritually pressing a set of keys often conceals their poor understanding or mastery of these routines.
If only math teachers and tutors would implement the “No Calculators Allowed” rule, students would be manually forced to learn the routine or tedious steps in getting the answer to some intermediate step of a problem.
by MathPlus November 01, 2021