Singapore Math

When math-smart yes-members of Parliament and cabinet ministers in Singapore—who are versed with all the big numbers of their million-dollar salaries and bonuses and the nation’s trillion-dollar economy—appear quasi-clueless on how to deal with the alphas, betas, and deltas, which has resulted in a daily unhealthy number of corona infections in recent weeks—could these half-street-smart politicians outwit these Greek viruses and variants?

Although the government has provided a safe haven for thousands of tax fugitives from both rich and rogue nations, and created a materialistic milieu that motivates both locals and aliens to deify the money god, however, Singapore math ministers’ social living-with-Covid experiment looks like they’re indulging in some trial-and-error political calculus with the lives and livelihoods of the people.

by Covido February 5, 2022

math

Math is correct reasoning. It is nothing more and nothing less.

A simple but difficult math problem: Place a knight on each square of a 7-by-7 chessboard. Is it possible for each knight to simultaneously make a legal move?

Solution: The board has 49 squares. Without loss of generality, suppose 24 of them are white and 25 are black. Consider the 25 knights resting on black squares. If they were each to make a legal move, they would have to move to 25 distinct white squares. Since there are only 24 white squares available, such a move can't be made.

by zpconn August 18, 2009

Math class

A place created to torture students. Unlike the ever entertaining science class, which very fun and we play games to renew our attention spans in, we sit and do nothing but add. I don't KNOW what Y is. Why are you asking me, math? I would very much like to use my math book as an archery target.

In science:
Teacher: Alright guys, stand up. Were going to play trench warfare!
Everyone: SWEEET!
In math class:
Teacher: b+42/pi-4,679.333333333*14. Find X
Me: Oh this will be easy*Grabs calculator*
Teacher: No calculators
Me: SERIOUSLY! ...*Daydreams*

by A suffering ADHD kid. October 15, 2011

beer math

When alcohol is bought at the store for a group of people by one person and there is a dispute over how much change should be returned. The receipt is then presented and the group does the beer math to determine the correct change to be given back.

Josh: Dude, where is my change at?

Adam: There is none. I used all the money you gave me.

Josh: There is no way a case of beer cost 20 bucks.

Michael: Guess we have to get the receipt out and do the beer math.

by Denton is for Pimpin February 28, 2010

IMP math

The thing that will kill peoples futures in college and take rape every person who tries to pass it.

Student: IMP math sucks.

Teacher: I know. I wasn't trained for this...*grumbles and walks away without helping student*

by Xadon January 20, 2011

do the math

1-What you tell someone when they can't figure out what someone or something actually means before explaining it to them

2- To figure out what will happen because of a certain event

1-Person 1: Why do you think my mom's a ho?
Person 2: Dude, do the math, she goes out every night wearing a tube top and a thong.

2-Person 1: "So why do you think she's going to break up with me?"
Person 2: "Do the math, man. She's moving to another state. You can try to keep it together but eventually she's gonna dump you"

by Kevin April 7, 2005

The Uber of Math Education

An agile math curriculum that often incorporates the best math methodologies and pedagogies of the East and the West, by distilling them into cheap and good textbooks and workbooks for students worldwide, compared to those dear, inch-deep, mile-wide US textbooks.

Singapore Math could arguably be called the Uber of math education, based on the increasing number of developed and developing countries that have adopted the alien curriculum; as a result, thousands of students’ math grades have improved significantly over the years.

by MathPlus December 1, 2018