Scissors Math

When math publishers resort to retrenching editors and shelving new manuscripts in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, thus shattering the dream of both novice and seasoned math writers.

In spite of financial assistance from the government to help businesses save jobs, a number of family-owned publishers worldwide are enacting scissors math measures on the pretext of preventing their companies from going under.

by MathPlus February 17, 2021

Screw mates

A screw mate is a roommate who you happen to have casual sex with every now and then. It can even be a progressive thing where you start as occupying an apartment together to occupying each other’s beds and bodies from time to time.

Friend: “You wouldn’t believe what happened last night with Brad and I...”

Me: “Did you guys get into an argument about the dishes being left out?”

Friend: “No bro, we became screw mates, even though he’s straight.”

Me: “What is a screw mate?”

Friend: “You know, it’s where you’re living together as friends and happen to screw every now and then... mates who screw for fun.”

Me: “Sounds like the plot to a porn...”

by Dmart711 April 27, 2021

Vice Math

Adult math questions that leverage on the activities that take place at karaoke lounges and nightclubs, which often illegally employ foreign-born hostesses to entertain both local and foreign male customers seeking some thrill they can’t get from their girlfriends and wives.

Can you solve this vice math problem? “The total number of Covid-19 cases linked to an infected KTV hostess so far is 128, who is traced to have had initial contact with two customers. Assuming that all infected patrons at the sleazy location each went on to share the virus with two other persons, what is the reproduction number R₀ for this cluster?”

by MathPlus September 6, 2021

Fake Math

A term used by those who know beforehand that they don’t stand a chance to pass their math test or exam unless they resort to lying, cheating, or bribery—they often blame the teacher for bias against them, practicing unfair grading, or setting unrealistic or artificial questions that are confusing and open to different interpretations.

Guesstimate how many Trumpublican students in red states every year would scapegoat fake math for their failure to get a passing grade in their middle- or high-school math paper rather than putting in the time and effort to master the math concepts.

by MathPlus September 14, 2021

Garfield Math

Doing math from a cat’s standpoint, or with the least effort. When a creative but lazy person is always on the lookout for a shortcut or hack to solve a math problem, so that they could have more time for leisure or rest.

Street-smart people tend to use Garfield math strategies to deal with their everyday quantitative challenges, compared to their exam-smart counterparts who prefer a more conventional or routine approach.

by Fasters February 6, 2022

WFH Math

Short for “Working from Home Math.” When home-based teaching and learning of math is felt to be semi-ineffective or unproductive for most teachers and students, who are still banned from schools as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Some Puritan or Trumpublican parents wanted Mr. Putins to be fired after he mistyped “WTF Math” instead of “WFH Math” on the WhatsApp Teachers-Parents group.

by Covido March 1, 2022

Taiwan Math

Often mistaken as “China Math.” Little-known methodologies using 3D abacus and problem-solving strategies or heuristics, and non-Marxist or non-Maoist pedagogies, practiced by local non-drill-and-kill math educators in Taiwan, which are waiting to break free to enlighten the global mathematical community.

The global success of Singapore math has spurred cottage industries in math education like Shanghai Math and Korea Math, which have come and gone quietly. What about Taiwan Math considering that Taiwan is one of the four little dragons besides Hong Kong, South Korea, and Singapore?

by Fasters August 3, 2022