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In fact, in a 2023 survey, math ranked only above foreign languages as a subject in terms of people's favorite. 59% of respondents said they liked or loved math when they were in high school.
The first part of this joke relies on the fact that the primitive (formed when finding the antiderivative) of the function 1/x is log().The second part is then based on the fact that the antiderivative is actually a class of functions, requiring the inclusion of a constant of integration, usually denoted as C—something which calculus students may forget.
Pages in category "Mathematics education television series" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Some of the more well-known topics in recreational mathematics are Rubik's Cubes, magic squares, fractals, logic puzzles and mathematical chess problems, but this area of mathematics includes the aesthetics and culture of mathematics, peculiar or amusing stories and coincidences about mathematics, and the personal lives of mathematicians.
Like how 3+5 is the only way to break 8 into two primes, but 42 can broken into 5+37, 11+31, 13+29, and 19+23. So it feels like Goldbach’s Conjecture is an understatement for very large numbers.
In the Zork series of games, the Great Underground Empire has its own system of measurements, the most frequently referenced of which is the bloit. Defined as the distance the king's favorite pet can run in one hour (spoofing a popular legend about the history of the foot), the length of the bloit varies dramatically, but the one canonical conversion to real-world units puts it at ...
At this point, most kids would have elaborated their calculations showing that each dime is worth $0.10, therefore making Bobby the owner of $0.40 while Amy's pennies amount to $0.30.
Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot; Math Blaster Episode II: Secret of the Lost City; Math Blaster for 1st Grade; Math Blaster Jr. Math Blaster Mystery; Math Blaster Mystery: The Great Brain Robbery; Math Blaster! Math Gran Prix; Math Mysteries; Math Rescue; Mia's Math Adventure: Just in Time! Mighty Math; Munchers; My SAT Coach