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Pi Magnet

When the symbol π drawn on a piece of paper is cut up and glued onto a piece of magnetic sheet to make a DIY fridge magnet—an inexpensive fun family math activity to introduce the most popular constant in mathematics to precocious kids.

What are the chances that if some kidpreneurs decided to tailor-make some pi magnets to sell to their classmates, they could earn enough money to afford a Mother’s Day present?

by MathPlus October 08, 2021


Racial Capitalism

When a company profits on the image of minorities on its website to fake diversity, while paying lip service to building a more diverse company in the long run.

Using photoshopped images or stock photos on its website to make a company look as if it embraces a multiracial workforce is nothing but racial capitalism in action to mislead potential employees, shareholders, and the public.

by MathPlus June 28, 2018


Covid Plan

A life insurance policy that covers any corona-related incident that threatens the client’s peace of mind in most cases 24/7, except when they contract the coronavirus via infidelity and visits to any red-light district.

Sayed bought a Covid plan for himself and his third wife (but not for his other spouses) in the aftermath of the country’s strategy for everyone to “live with Covid-19.”

by MathPlus March 23, 2022


Fermat’s Last Theorem

Arguably the most notorious problem in the history of mathematics: mathematicians’ secret desire to solve it to achieve mathematical fame and immortality had saved a few lives, whose suicidal minds were so absorbed in their proofs that they forgot to end their lives prematurely.

A generalized version of the Pythagorean theorem, the Fermat’s Last Theorem was finally put to rest by Prof. Wiles, after an error was exposed in the first proof he unveiled to the mathematical brethren.

by MathPlus February 13, 2018


Coviderology

The art of predicting someone’s future from the number of infections or deaths in a given community or country at a given time, and their birth date.

Fortunetellers in some remote parts of Asia are profiting from coviderology, by advising gullible clients whether or not they should travel hundreds of miles to the nearest city to get vaccinated.

by MathPlus May 04, 2021


Singapore Covidoid

A humanoid robot that unprovenly supplies the daily random numbers of infections and deaths via the Ministry of Health (MOH) to the mainstream media, especially now that the majority of the population view each infection as a mere statistic, because it no longer matters to them whether it is a few tens or a few ten thousands.

Since Singapore started registering daily five-digit infections, to give locals the illusion that the infections data are meticulously collected from thousands of doctors islandwide, and to cut down on manpower, the authorities had apparently tasked a Singapore covidoid to spy on the population’s social media posts and tweets and pseudo-encrypted SMSes to formulate a daily figure on both infection and mortality cases.

by MathPlus March 07, 2022


Boris Xmas Party

A Christmas party that was attended by some invited politicians and civil servants in a government building, when the country was under a lockdown, or under strict Covid rules—they needed to bring along their own spirits and snacks to avoid any suspicion of breaking the rules they had enacted for the nation to follow, if they were not attending the event virtually.

Guesstimate how many government officials in the UK took part in a Boris Xmas Party in 2020.

by MathPlus December 18, 2021