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When symbol-minded folks decide to come up with some math crackers in the form of π-related quickies and trickies for Christmas to enliven the mood of math geeks, who couldn’t wait to go back to school to indulge themselves in some creative problem solving.
Moonlighting school math teachers in Singapore have been pressured by some owners of tuition or enrichment math centers to come up with at least twenty-five brain-unfriendly Christmas pi questions to meet the mathematical needs and wants of their restless, bored students.
by MathPlus December 7, 2021
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It’s a common sight to see that a number of first-rate mathematicians are heavy smokers, especially when they need a break from their half-baked proofs; however, less commonly known is that the more daring ones would consider marijuana math, hoping for an aha! experience in the process.
by MathPlus January 17, 2018
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Like sugarless chocolate or vegetarian chicken, promoters of symbolless math show that no groups or peoples should be excluded, especially the math-anxious or mathophobic—no one is beyond mathematical comprehension.
by MathPlus January 19, 2021
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Nations guilty of immoral vaccination only agree to donate their near-expiry vaccines to desperate pro-Western developing countries, or decide to practice “dose sharing” with another developed country that has a low vaccination rate and a low supply of Western vaccines.
by MathPlus September 4, 2021
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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 28, 2020
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How many math educators worldwide decide to retire prematurely, as they can’t cope with the new normal math demands expected of them in the light of new waves of infection plaguing their nations?
by MathPlus April 25, 2021
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If you don't want to be trapped, do the unreasonable thing, by taking the "bad decisions"—the safe decision often has boredom, danger, or poverty written all over it.
by MathPlus June 19, 2017
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