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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
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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
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math ninja

–noun, plural -ja, -jas. a member of a modern society of mathematical agents, highly trained in stealth calculatons and number theory, who are hired for covert purposes ranging from solving the worlds problems to passing on their skills to the next generation.
by KSignell February 6, 2010
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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
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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
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stupid math

the making up of math that cause you to say motherfucker and end up throwing a book at something. this is defining stupid math
by alexanderloves October 27, 2014
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gamblers math

The ability to see a loss as only a temporary situation that will turn around to your benefit in the end.
Person 1: Its time to walk away form the poker table, you've already lost $200
Person 2: I haven't lost it I'm just down, I'm due to win a few hands
Person 1: Stop using gamblers math.
by TCuneo September 27, 2011
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