When educators who are cat lovers love to pose creative math questions—and mathematical quickies or trickies—that center around their pets (or “masters of the house”), or are attracted by real-life word problems that embrace the feline family.
Two brain-unfriendly questions that exhibit mathematical purrfection are:
1. At a Cats’ Café, how many cute kittens are there if there are 9 more legs than tails?
2. Guesstimate the average cat bill at the veterinarian over her lifestyle.
1. At a Cats’ Café, how many cute kittens are there if there are 9 more legs than tails?
2. Guesstimate the average cat bill at the veterinarian over her lifestyle.
by Numerati June 18, 2025
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Me: You mean mathematics?
Friend: It's the same thing.
Me: No it's not.
Me: You mean mathematics?
Friend: It's the same thing.
Me: No it's not.
by 11Roses April 7, 2021
Get the Mathematicsmug. Person 1: Are you addicted to abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
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Person 2: Yes.
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by LeSouffleDeVersailles January 21, 2025
Get the Virginia Apgar + Victor Varnado + Bruce Willis (A Mathematical Song))mug. 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
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Based on the corollary of Tarskian area.
Ontological mathematics.
Based on the corollary of Tarskian area.
Ontological mathematics.
Onto mathematics explains that something appears from nothing because the area of same-discrete lines is two TIMES the area of the volume which encompasses them.
In other words: lines have area.
In other words: lines have area.
by zanderfin September 23, 2019
Get the Onto Mathematicsmug. When the aftermath of overworking with too much x's and y's make someone zzz when they doze or nod off.
Prof. Ziz’s mild snore got some mean colleagues take a shot of him having a mathematical nap, which was suspected to be filled with ƶ, ƶ², …, √ƶ, ℤ.
by Numerati December 16, 2024
Get the Mathematical Napmug. Forcing or motivating yourself to DO-ing some math to beat your daily laziness, especially if you are glued or addicted to your cell phone or digital device for an unhealthy number of hours every day.
Some mathematical do-ness activities that could help white-collar workers break away from their sedentary lifestyle are:
Walk exactly 6789 steps.
Create an origami geometric shape out of the newspaper.
Learn to do calculus—differentiate and integrate—with a soroban (Japanese abacus).
Count the number of ballpoint pens in your house.
Walk exactly 6789 steps.
Create an origami geometric shape out of the newspaper.
Learn to do calculus—differentiate and integrate—with a soroban (Japanese abacus).
Count the number of ballpoint pens in your house.
by Numerati July 29, 2025
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