by Ezra is fat January 19, 2022
Get the Math Sucks mug.Brain-unfriendly math questions that have been commissioned by superstitious owners of tuition centers in Singapore—who were unprovenly advised by feng shui masters or charlatans—to freelance writers, as the bosses believe that posing these word problems to their students or tutees would bring them good luck and prosperity in the Lunar Year of the Tiger.
It’s as if traditional Singapore math questions aren’t tough enough for students and their kiasu parents, but now with tuition or enrichment centers terrorizing their students with tiger math toughies in the name of superstition, the Year of the Tiger looks like another mathematical nightmare to those who are already suffering from math anxiety.
by Fasters January 22, 2022
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Just as landing someone on the moon propelled and produced unprecedented payoffs and unpredictable spinoffs, by creating entirely new markets and industries, solving moonshot math problems has the potential of giving birth to new products and new businesses, and creating new jobs.
by Fasters December 27, 2021
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Dubbed as “math lite,” armchair math goes some way in helping math-anxious readers appreciate the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of math in real life.
by Covido April 12, 2022
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It was obvious Kyle’s ability to de-escalate an argument needed improvement when he mocked Heather’s comparison of looking and touching by responding, “meth-math”.
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Get the Math Honors mug.Type of math used when calculating how much an item will cost you out of pocket after using gift cards and trade in of other items. Usually used to justify a new purchase.
I really wanted to buy these new $200 headphones, but I didn't have the cash. So I used my Morrow Math and figured I could trade in my old pair of headphones and use two gift cards I had and then I would only have to pay $20.
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