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When students who didn’t do well or flunked their math test or exam falsely claimed that they were penalized or prejudiced because they used Sharpie instead of ballpoint pens.
That SAT and GRE examiners disadvantage suburban white students vis-à-vis their Asian and Hispanic peers because of Sharpie math bias is the latest conspiracy propagated by QAnonists and alt-right Trumpists to vent out their mathematical frustration and anger.
by MathPlus November 5, 2020
Get the Sharpie Mathmug. An unsolved pseudo-pi problem that has plagued autistic geeks or idiot savants, whose oft-contradictory answers or half-baked explanations have separated rather than brought them together—is the number π acidic, alkaline, or neutral?
Unlike synesthesia questions like “What’s the shape of pi?” and “What’s the color of zero?,” whose answers exhibit some common denominator among geeky dyslexics, the answer to “What’s the pH of pi?” remains so far elusive.
by MathPlus October 16, 2021
Get the What’s the pH of Pi?mug. When you need to simplistically explain an arguably simple math concept to a group of kindergarteners, most of whom probably have an IQ of a parrot or less, although their parents think that the intelligence of their little ones is closer to that of a dolphin.
Some big bird math topics kids at a premium enrichment math center were recently exposed to were: “as easy as ⍺, β, 𝛾” and “COVID-1–2–3.”
by MathPlus November 9, 2021
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Ian is a serial math contributor to Urban Dictionary, with six hundred-odd entries so far—indeed, he's urbanly mathematical, or maybe just "mathematically wordy," to say the least.
by MathPlus March 2, 2017
Get the Urbanly Mathematicalmug. The use of emojis instead of letters or symbols in questions, equations, or expressions as an attempt to lure those who are not so symbol-minded to math.
An example of emoji math is to calculate the value of each item from the following pair of equations:
2 🍩 + ☕️ = $3.90
3 🍩 + 2 ☕️ = $6.60
Answer: 🍩 = $1.20, ☕️ = $1.50.
2 🍩 + ☕️ = $3.90
3 🍩 + 2 ☕️ = $6.60
Answer: 🍩 = $1.20, ☕️ = $1.50.
by MathPlus October 17, 2017
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In some parts of the Islamic world, Islamist leaders warn health authorities that any approved green vaccine should only be administered by Muslim doctors and nurses, and not by “infidel” medical personnel.
by MathPlus December 2, 2020
Get the Green Vaccinemug. When mathematical modeling shows that the next pandemic would probabilistically come from pandas, as the virus moved from these beloved or cute animals to humans, but the potential source location of infection, be it in a zoo or forest, remains a bone of contention.
Would the next pandemic be pandamic, as people and pandas increase their close contact with each other, thus putting an end to China’s panda diplomacy?
by MathPlus January 4, 2022
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