Hillbilly Mathematics

The phenomena of conflicting family relationship statuses where childbirth through incest turns a family tree into a family spiderweb.

According to hillbilly mathematics, a man who bears a child with his mother becomes his own father, the child becomes the man's brother, and the man's father then becomes his step brother.

by Chain Furious April 4, 2025

The Singapore Mathematics Calendar

A math calendar à la Singapour, which is designed in such a way that the answer to the problem on each day is the date on which the question appears, aims to develop in children a positive attitude towards the world’s most disliked school subject—when they are exposed to the beauty and joy of math rather than seeing it as a mere drill-and-kill subject.

The Singapore Mathematics Calendar—which takes three or four times longer to write than a typical assessment (or supplementary) math title, and costs a few folds more in publishing it—is a first in Singapore math publishing, as it offers students a creative and fun way to learning math, while honing their problem-solving skills.

by Numerati November 25, 2024

Growth Mindset in Mathematics

The idea that math educators should focus on effort rather than on results—that failure is part of the success equation, because a set of false starts, failures, and frustrations are often necessary or unavoidable before someone could experience some degree of mathematical progress or achievement.

To fail is no shame, but failure to try again often is. A growth mindset in mathematics is to try or fail again, while failing better or faster each time.

by Numerati December 14, 2024

Critical Theory of Mathematics

The application of Critical Theory to mathematics—examining how mathematical knowledge is constructed, how it's used, and how it reflects and reinforces power. Critical Theory of Mathematics asks: Is mathematics universal, or is it culturally specific? How has mathematics been used to justify racism (intelligence testing), colonialism (surveying), and exploitation (algorithmic oppression)? Who gets to be a mathematician, and who's excluded? Drawing on ethnomathematics, critical math education, and postcolonial theory, it insists that mathematics is never just numbers—it's a human activity, shaped by history, culture, and power.

"Math is universal, they say. Critical Theory of Mathematics asks: universal for whom? Developed where? The math taught in schools is one tradition among many—and it's been used to measure skulls, justify eugenics, design weapons. Math isn't neutral; it's a tool. Critical theory insists on asking: who uses this tool, and for what?"

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 4, 2026

Methmatics

Methmatics - Tweaking the numbers to fit an implausible conspiracy theory

Using her inexhaustible supply of charts, graphs and numbers, Marcia'so Methmatics offered Methmatical proof for the necessity of sleep

by Clifhanger April 11, 2017

Methamatics

The study of the profits able to be made by starting a meth lab, a chain of meth labs, or just simply selling meth. Many drug dealers are methamaticians, and have carefully done the numbers and discovered the amount of profit they could make by calculations

Man1: Hey have you seen joey lately?
Man2: nah bro, hes been inside for the past 3 weeks doing methamatics
Man1: damn, hes a hardcore nigguh

by Ilovecrystalmeth January 18, 2010

methematics

The way in which a meth a addict try's to buy product with cash money while they owe money or deliberately attempts to confuse the seller by rapidly talking/throwing numbers around in a frantic manner hoping to benefit them selfs by either shorting the seller money or by receiving extra product.

Buyer: "oh hey, ha how much was it I owe you?.... $50, is it... $60? No no it was $45 right? Ya ya $45"

Seller: "nah I don't care for your methematics, you owe me $80 now where's my money man?"

by Nieva February 26, 2015