- Did you know that 1 + 2 + 3 = 1 x 2 x 3?
- Amazing! I thought multiplication always gave a bigger result than addition.
- Here is a challenge for you then.
- Where is it?
- Find six numbers that gives the same result when multiplied as when added.
- What do you take me for? That obviously can’t be done!
I’m not going to buy my kids an bicycle. Let them walk to school like I did. – Yogi Berra
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- Do you know the alphabet?
- I do.
- Then this is for you. A Swiss mathematician discovered last month that if the letters in “ravine” are pushed forward in the alphabet you’ll get “ravine” spelt backwards!
- That’s magic!
- Can you find other words like that?
- Are there others?
Via the J-Walk Blog.
In case you did not know:
A ravine is a very small valley, which is often the product of streamcutting erosion. Ravines are typically classified as larger in scale than gullies, although smaller than valleys. A ravine is generally a slope landform of relatively steep (cross-sectional) sides, on the order of twenty to seventy percent in gradient. Ravines may or may not have active streams flowing along the downslope channel which originally formed them; moreover, often they are characterised by intermittent streams, since their geographic scale may not be sufficiently large to support a perennial watercourse. Wikipedia
Always go to other people’s parties, otherwise they won’t come to yours. - Yogi Berra
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Watch the vide above. What does it remind you of?
It reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld where Jerry and George visit NBC to ask for news about their pilot. The NBC president excuses himself, runs to the toilet and throws up. “I am sorry, this always happens when someone mentions your pilot,” he excuses himself.
Translated: this way of presenting math makes me feel as an NBC executive.
And now for something entirely different. A chaotic presentation with humour and mistakes.
It is White’s move. How can he give checkmate without touching any of his pieces?
Problem creator: Thomas B. Rowland, Chess Fruits, 1884.
- When I went to primary school we had it tough!
- What do you mean?
- On the first day we had to divide by zero.
- That is nothing! On the first day we were told to memorise all prime numbers for the next day.
- You two had it easy! I had it tough. On the first day we had to solve the equation above.
- Did you know algebra when you entered school?
- I didn’t know the letters.
- Did you find any solutions?
- My mother found one when c was 10 and I was 5.
- Do you remember the solution?
- “Education is what is left when you forget everything you learnt.”
- Who said that?
- I forgot.
If you look good and dress well, you don’t need a wife in life. – Robert Pante
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The other day I got nine coins in change when I bought three tomatoes. The coins were all the same, except for one that was slightly lighter than the others. The shopkeeper called me and told me that he had given me a false coin by mistake. It was meant for the mayor, not me. I couldn’t figure out which one it was.
With a balance and three weighings, can you find the lighter one? With two weighings? With one?
To avoid situations in which you might make money may be the biggest mistake of all. – Peter McWilliams
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