Some math fails

Aug 31, 2010  
26 billion will tune in!

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Answer fail

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I don't understand basic math...

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The "six" of diamonds

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Pi fail

Aug 5, 2010  
Pi is not 22/7!

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TV

May 16, 2010  

Sounds about right...
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We hate math!

May 12, 2010  
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"We hate math," says 4 in 10 - a majority of Americans
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Ya so, a woman named Sara Gaspar used to work for the University of Notre Dame doing catering for events. Then one paycheque she saw that the school tipped her
$29,387
Of course she thought this was AWESOME (who wouldn't). She payed off all her debts, and even bought a brand NEW car! She said she tried to call the school a few times about the payment but didn't hear back from them. But then just over a month later she received a phone call from the school demanding the money back.
They claim it was a typographical error and was supposed to be $29.87 - of course it was!!... it's blatantly obvious that the 3 was supposed to be a period. Just look at the number pad, instead of typing 29.87, someone hit the "3" key instead of "." and it came out as 29387.

number-pad.jpgNevertheless, Notre Dame filed a lawsuit against her accusing her of fraud, conversion and unjust enrichment. You can check out the story on Yahoo.

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Calculator Fail

Aug 10, 2009  
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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 Eventually, after an appeal the incorrect tickets were repealed and a letter of apology was sent.
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Taking a look at the table in wikipedia the life expectancy for Canada is indeed a bit higher than that of the USA. Peter Gillies asked this question and Bill O'Reilly answers it perfectly:
"Well, that's to be expected, Peter, because we have ten times as many people as you do. That translates to ten times as many accidents, crimes, down the line..."

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Bill OReilly stupid answer

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