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This Joke Starts With a Teacher Asking a Question

A 6th-grade teacher posed the following problem to one of her arithmetic classes: "A wealthy man dies and leaves ten million dollars. One-fifth is to go to his wife, one-fifth is to go to his son, one-sixth to his butler, and the rest to charity. Now, what does each get?"

Humor

15 Times People Failed at Math So Bad Everyone Groaned!

Spot on All images: Pleated Jeans , Dump a Day When Math Goes Wrong: 15 Hilarious Fails hilarious humor, arithmetic, math problems, math hack, hilarious fails, funny fails, fails moments, math fails Math isn’t for everyone, and these people have proved it.

Nature

The Astonishing Story of the Horse Who Could Do MATH

Furthermore, it turns out that one doesn’t even have to be of the human species to be able to exceed in math, as certain animals, too, have extraordinary arithmetic skills. One of the most mathematically gifted animals ever known was Clever Hans - a horse who lived in Germany in the early 1900s.

Computers & Internet

Before Computers Were Invented, We Needed These Devices

How Civilizations Computed Before the Days of Computers

In fact, if it wasn't for our unending thirst to create a machine that could efficiently compute elementary and complex arithmetic equations, the 20th century may not have seen the creation of the electronic devices we are so reliant upon today.

Tips, Life Hacks and DIY

What an Exam Looked Like in 1895 - Wow!

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes) 1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic. 2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet Long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold? 3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs, what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs for tare? 4.

Humor

The Mathematics of Life Really Don't Add Up...

OFFICE ARITHMETIC Image courtesy of Depositphotos Smart boss + Smart employee = Profit Smart boss + Dumb employee = Production Dumb boss + Smart employee = Promotion Dumb boss + Dumb employee = Overtime [related_articles] ROMANCE MATHEMATICS Smart man + Smart woman = Romance Smart man + Dumb woman =

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Hilarious: Life Summed Up With Easy Equations!

OFFICE ARITHMETIC S mart boss + S mart employee = Profit S mart boss + D umb employee = Production D umb boss + S mart employee = Promotion D umb boss + D umb employee = O vertime ROMANCE MATHEMATICS S mart man + S mart woman = Roma nce S mart man + D umb woman = Affair D umb man + S mart woman = Marriage

Family and parenting

This Is What a Real Multiplication Table Looks Like

They Taught Us Our Multiplication Tables All Wrong!

I really struggle with arithmetic and times tables. Don't get me wrong, I learned everything I was taught, and did okay on school tests, but I retain almost nothing now. Why is that? The problem actually stems from poor teaching, at least as much as it does from my declining memory.

Health

Boost Your Intelligence with These 9 IQ Enhancing Tips

Improve your logical thinking and mental balance by performing arithmetic and solving other puzzles by yourself. Your mind is sure to thank you for the extra exercise. Retrain yourself to perform mental mathematics How is your mental mathematical skill?

Health

Animal Assisted Therapy Can Treat Anxiety and Dementia

Their baseline mental arithmetic and a cardiovascular test known as the 'cold pressor' were studied in 4 individual scenarios: when the participant was alone, when the participant was with either their pet or their friend (for non-pet owners), when the participant was with their spouse only, and finally

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From Food to Science - The WORST Misnomers You’ll Find!

In fact, the text where Fibonacci laid out the rules of this sequence was a collection of Hindu-Arabic arithmetic called Liber Abaci . Therefore, Fibonacci probably just collected known rules and principles in a handbook instead of inventing them.

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