And that sure is a long email address!!
This is a weird tutoring ad
Feb 18, 2010Book math fail
Feb 12, 2010
I call cheats!
Feb 11, 2010
Addition Jokes
Jan 27, 2010
Math Tudoring
Jan 25, 2010
Thought I'd share an email I just received...
To:
me!!
Subject:
Math Tudoring
Message:
Click to read the rest of this entry...To:
me!!
Subject:
Math Tudoring
Message:
Hi,
Could you tell me if you are available for Math 100
tudoring? If available, do you tudor at the university or at student's
home?
Thanks
Silly Omegle Chat
Jan 17, 2010
Omegle is a site where you can chat one-on-one with strangers. The service randomly pairs up users online into one-on-one chat windows, where they can chat anonymously using the handles "You" and "Stranger". Either party can disconnect at any time.
This particular chat is rather amusing:
Just don't check the math ;-)
Click to read the rest of this entry...This particular chat is rather amusing:
Just don't check the math ;-)
The Office - Math Fail
Jan 16, 2010
Fox news fail (again)
Dec 17, 2009
Remember this pi chart (from Fox News):
Well, turns out Fox News is at it again:
I'm guessing that people can vote for multiple categories.
Click to read the rest of this entry...
Well, turns out Fox News is at it again:
I'm guessing that people can vote for multiple categories.
Silly math
Dec 14, 2009
Two silly clips where the math doesn't add up.
The first one claims 13 x 7 = 28.
The second one claims 14 x 5 = 25.
Click to read the rest of this entry...The first one claims 13 x 7 = 28.
The second one claims 14 x 5 = 25.
Math 911
Dec 13, 2009
Hahaha, this is pretty cute. This 4 year old boy calls 911 for help with math because earlier his mom told him to get help.
i <3 u
Dec 9, 2009
Funny chat...
Edit: As pointed out below by mrburkemath (thanks!) this comes from the comic Luke Surl http://www.lukesurl.com/archives/916 (which is released under a share alike license).
Silly blackboard picture
Dec 5, 2009
Math counts - spelling doesn't
Dec 3, 2009
MATHCOUNTS in North Carolina
This presentation will present a status report on MATHCUNTS in North Carloina...
Are the reals countable?
Nov 29, 2009
John Gabriel (a non-mathematician) claims in his blog that the real numbers are countable. The author tries to enumerate the real numbers in the interval [0, 1) by writing out all those whose decimal representation has one digit after the dot (0.1, 0.2, ..., 0.9), followed by those with two digits after the dot, then those with three digits, and so on.
Click to read the rest of this entry...
Fox news - pi chart
Nov 5, 2009
What is it?
Special Mathlympics is an annual event with the main goal of stimulating interest and igniting passion in mathematics!
Who can participate?
The competition is open to people of all ages who are special (in the sense that they are mathematically challenged).
When/where is it?
On March 14th, 2010, the very first Special Mathlympics will take place in Toronto, Ontario. The Special Mathlympics occur every year! The host city for 2011 will be Paris, France.
Schedule of events:
Day 1: Addition
Day 2: Subtraction
Day 3: Multiplication
Day 4: Puzzles
On day 4, teams will answer tough mathematical puzzles like the famous Moomahata bird problem:
Register your team TODAY for the chance to win the world title!
Click to read the rest of this entry...Special Mathlympics is an annual event with the main goal of stimulating interest and igniting passion in mathematics!
Who can participate?
The competition is open to people of all ages who are special (in the sense that they are mathematically challenged).
When/where is it?
On March 14th, 2010, the very first Special Mathlympics will take place in Toronto, Ontario. The Special Mathlympics occur every year! The host city for 2011 will be Paris, France.
Schedule of events:
Day 1: Addition
Day 2: Subtraction
Day 3: Multiplication
Day 4: Puzzles
On day 4, teams will answer tough mathematical puzzles like the famous Moomahata bird problem:
- Suppose Moomahata has 3 birds and Meemahata has 2 birds. One the birds that Meemahata has is named Moomahata and the other is named Meemahata. The birds that Moomahata have are named: Meemahata, Moomahata, Meomahata. Suppose that Moomahata has $7 per bird and the bird named Moomahata has $2 per Meemahata. If Meemahata has $3 per bird and an additional $1 per Meemahata, then how much money does the bird Meemahata that is owned by Moomahata have?
Register your team TODAY for the chance to win the world title!
FailAds
Oct 20, 2009
FailAds.com is a site that has some funny pictures of advertisements. This particular one is someone looking for a math tudor:
You can visit their site for a collection of other epic fail ads, funny pictures of Engrish, pwned, Tshirts, signs, magazine ads, instructions, packaging and lots more.
Click to read the rest of this entry...You can visit their site for a collection of other epic fail ads, funny pictures of Engrish, pwned, Tshirts, signs, magazine ads, instructions, packaging and lots more.
i beat stumbleupon in math
Oct 11, 2009
So today I beat stumbleupon in math!! Check out the proof here:
MathFail = 1;
StumbleUpon = 0.
Me thinks I deserve a medal ^_^
Click to read the rest of this entry...MathFail = 1;
StumbleUpon = 0.Me thinks I deserve a medal ^_^
The math behind low riding pants (how cool is it?)
Oct 10, 2009
In this post we learn all about the math behind low riding pants and how cool it really is.
I decided to do a study just to see what the relationship was. I interviewed 13,532 people and showed them each 6 pictures of people wearing low riding pants. I then asked them to select a "COOLNESS FACTOR" for each picture.
Click to read the rest of this entry...I decided to do a study just to see what the relationship was. I interviewed 13,532 people and showed them each 6 pictures of people wearing low riding pants. I then asked them to select a "COOLNESS FACTOR" for each picture.
Calculator for grades K-3
Oct 4, 2009
This calculator is perfect for all those kindergartners who need to do some math... quoted from the website:
Click to read the rest of this entry..."The TI-10 is perfect for the primary grades. It combines popular features of the TI-15 Explorer™, which makes it a unique tool for grades K-3. The TI-10's comfortable, colorful design helps students find patterns in daily activities and helps educators reinforce math concepts in all elementary subjects."
How many guys are there for me?
Sep 29, 2009Hey guys,
Based on my previous post of "How many girls are there for me," I thought it would be interesting to see how many guys there are for me. So hypothetically let's pretend I am gay and a top (if you don't know what that means you should get some more gay friends lol). Just a recap that I found out in the last post that:
Now, some of my stats I used from counting the number of girls for me still hold. The male population on the planet is about:
Based on my previous post of "How many girls are there for me," I thought it would be interesting to see how many guys there are for me. So hypothetically let's pretend I am gay and a top (if you don't know what that means you should get some more gay friends lol). Just a recap that I found out in the last post that:
11, 414 girls
are suitable matches for me.Now, some of my stats I used from counting the number of girls for me still hold. The male population on the planet is about:
Male population on earth in 2009:
3,500,000,000
3,500,000,000
How many girls are there for me?
Sep 29, 2009
Hey guys,
I don't have a girlfriend but I don't think there is anything wrong with me, hahaha... but being the mathematician that I am, let's look to see how many girls exactly would be a match for me :D
I went onto Wolfram|Alpha and looked up the female population on the planet and got:
But I am looking for a girl who is in North America. Restricting this number to Canada and the United States gives:
Click to read the rest of this entry...I don't have a girlfriend but I don't think there is anything wrong with me, hahaha... but being the mathematician that I am, let's look to see how many girls exactly would be a match for me :D
I went onto Wolfram|Alpha and looked up the female population on the planet and got:
Female population on earth in 2009:
3,326,000,000
3,326,000,000
But I am looking for a girl who is in North America. Restricting this number to Canada and the United States gives:
171, 230, 000 girls
All winners who are in Canada have to answer math problems before getting any prize. Things like...
This question was for claiming an Xbox 360 in a contest, so the answer of course is 360!
But WHY?? Americans don't have to do it, a monkey on a stick can win prize in the U.S and not even know how to do 1+2. But in Canada, to even win the McDonald's hockey trading cards you need to do these silly computations.
Click to read the rest of this entry...90 x 2, then divide by six, then x 12
This question was for claiming an Xbox 360 in a contest, so the answer of course is 360!
But WHY?? Americans don't have to do it, a monkey on a stick can win prize in the U.S and not even know how to do 1+2. But in Canada, to even win the McDonald's hockey trading cards you need to do these silly computations.
Girls are dumb at math
Sep 26, 2009
Oh jeez, with a title like that I'm sure to get my ass kicked :-\
Click to read the rest of this entry..."In tests in Canada, women who were told that men and women do math equally well did much better than those who were told there is a genetic difference in math ability.
And women who heard there were differences caused by environment -- such as math teachers giving more attention to boys -- outperformed those who were simply reminded they were females.
The women who did better in the tests got nearly twice as many right answers as those in the other groups, explained Steven J. Heine, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver."
I'm suing you for "1,784 billion, trillion dollars"!
Sep 25, 2009
This guy named Dalton Chiscolm is unhappy about Bank of America's customer service -- like really, really, really, really unhappy :-|
Anyways, in August he decided to sue the largest U.S. bank and its board... demanding that
Click to read the rest of this entry...Anyways, in August he decided to sue the largest U.S. bank and its board... demanding that
"1,784 billion, trillion dollars"
be deposited into his account
the next day. He also demanded an additional $200,164,000.
When to get married
Sep 14, 2009
Do you know when to get married?
When you meet someone, how do you know you won't find someone better? Love aside, let's look at this from a mathematical viewpoint.
Suppose you are a guy, and are interested in say... girls. Let's say over the course of your life you meet 100 girls and each girl is ranked by how good of a mate she would be with you. The obvious solution is to just meet each of the 100 girls and pick the one that is ranked the highest. BUT... by the time you met all 100, you will be an old geezer and on your death bed. So what is one to do?
Click to read the rest of this entry...When you meet someone, how do you know you won't find someone better? Love aside, let's look at this from a mathematical viewpoint.
Suppose you are a guy, and are interested in say... girls. Let's say over the course of your life you meet 100 girls and each girl is ranked by how good of a mate she would be with you. The obvious solution is to just meet each of the 100 girls and pick the one that is ranked the highest. BUT... by the time you met all 100, you will be an old geezer and on your death bed. So what is one to do?
World of Warcraft - Negative gold problem
Sep 12, 2009
There is a flaw in World of Warcrafts statistics for "Total gold acquired". A couple years ago, players discovered that the most a character can hold is 2^31 (or 2147483648) copper pieces of currency. This is what is known as the "gold cap" in World of Warcraft. A single character cannot hold more gold than this in his backpack, otherwise an error is reported.
Patricia Heaton has troubles with easy math
Sep 11, 2009
Patricia Heaton (from the tv show "Everybody Loves Raymond"), has a hard
time on one incredibly easy question for $50,000 for charity on the
Millionaire 10th Anniversary Celebration. The question is:
If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what?
a) thirty quarters
b) fifty dimes
c) seventy nickels
d) ninety pennies
After five minutes of struggling, she FINALLY managed to get it right.
You can find the video on youtube with a simple search of her name.
Click to read the rest of this entry...If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what?
a) thirty quarters
b) fifty dimes
c) seventy nickels
d) ninety pennies
After five minutes of struggling, she FINALLY managed to get it right.
You can find the video on youtube with a simple search of her name.
Facebook sucks at math
Sep 3, 2009
I was goofing off on Facebook when I decided to look into it's advertising system. I got to a page that asked for a bunch of information. I decided to target people with the following particulars:
164,400 people
Click to read the rest of this entry...- 18+ years old
- College Grad
- Majored in Mathematics (of course :D)
164,400 people
- who live in one of the countries: Canada or United States
Sex Math Joke: A Complete Fail
Aug 27, 2009
There is a "sex math" trick that floated around the internet back in the day... it can be found at these places:
http://www.allfunnypictures.com/pages/sexmath.html
http://somethinbeautiful.blogspot.com/2008/11/amazing-sex-mathematics.html
http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/sex_mathematics.htm
The only problem is this trick ONLY works if the year is 2003. Basically, the trick goes like this:
Click to read the rest of this entry...http://www.allfunnypictures.com/pages/sexmath.html
http://somethinbeautiful.blogspot.com/2008/11/amazing-sex-mathematics.html
http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/sex_mathematics.htm
The only problem is this trick ONLY works if the year is 2003. Basically, the trick goes like this:
Silly Math Fail Pics
Aug 26, 2009
Calculator Fail
Aug 10, 2009
I'm always eager about finding math mistakes in the news. The Herald reported that a Traffic Warden was incorrectly ticketing cars in a parking lot because of how he was using his calculator. He failed to realize that calculators work in decimals rather than minutes and hours. One car owner saw this and tried to explain the error but the Traffic Warden was convinced his calculator method was correct and continued to ticket cars. Eventually, after an appeal the incorrect tickets were repealed and a letter of apology was sent.
Funny Math Fail Pics
Jul 30, 2009
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