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lastlib

(23,617 posts)
14. and Trigonom-etry.....
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 11:16 AM
Apr 2022

I heard that was a Greek terrorist cell! with hidden sines and cosines, and they go off on radical tangents! Scandalous that they would indoctrinate our children with it!

3825-87867

(874 posts)
2. Today's Math QUestion:
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 09:53 AM
Apr 2022

If 50 Republican Senators (and/or 1 or 2 Democratic ones) block 50 needed pieces of legislation that will make life better for Most Americans in 50 states, how many MAGAts, Independents and Conservative Democrats will still vote for them?

Take your time and answer by November.

(Results will be announced by the Liberal Media)

Towlie

(5,345 posts)
3. No, it's not that, it's the equal sign.
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 09:54 AM
Apr 2022

 
?

I wonder if the misspelling of arithmetic was a deliberate part of the parody or a genuine error.

3825-87867

(874 posts)
6. Don't you mean the
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 09:59 AM
Apr 2022

UN-equal sign?

When does 50 equal Republican Senators un-equals 50 Democratic ones? When minus 2 Dems have learned to add 1 and 1 to 50.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
8. Well, wait till they begin to investigate that black hole of math - Kal Kue Less
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 10:06 AM
Apr 2022

Then again, who in hell really understands it anyway? Functions, that alone sounds VERY, VERY suspicious.

3825-87867

(874 posts)
10. Don't LIMIT it to Kal-Ku Less
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 10:10 AM
Apr 2022

What about the Geo-and Trigo-metric angle on those things?
And don't even get me started on Standard Devia-shun!

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
11. Add what? Subtract what? Why do kids have to make those decisions
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 10:15 AM
Apr 2022

And then throw in variables? Jeez, maybe DeSantis is right.

erronis

(15,803 posts)
13. And we can't learn about infinity - that's where god lives
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 10:24 AM
Apr 2022

for eternity.

And wouldn't the world be a better place if Pi == 3.000000?

3825-87867

(874 posts)
12. Pink Floyd summed up the 21st Century GQP Mantra bestest...
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 10:23 AM
Apr 2022

We don't need no education...
Teacher, leave those kids alone.
Hey, Teacher, leave those kids alone!

BobTheSubgenius

(11,611 posts)
15. If you ever get a chance to see a doc. series called The History Of Money, I believe...
Tue Apr 19, 2022, 11:40 AM
Apr 2022

...do so, if you have any interest in the subject. It turns out that Arabic numerals played a huge part in the world in which we live today. Imagine doing complex calculations with Roman numerals. Can't be done - that system doesn't even have a zero.

The other two legs of the milking stool that became first the Renaissance, and eventually the world today, were paper representations of silver, for example, and the brilliant idea that if "Christians" couldn't receive interest on loans, for example, because of the Biblical usury prohibition, maybe Jews could.

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