Posted on 03/27/2014 1:25:52 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
We don't need to know anything else about this kid to know they're a good one...
Of which the Square root is 8 something!
Or defined as head over heels in love!
A 'tuple' in regular English is a set of numbers (typically but not by any means always integer numbers) that either share a common property or the set itself is a solution set, partial or complete, of some polynomial.
'Abundancy' is -- well, you don't want to get into what abundancy is, actually.
The intent of my rather pointed commentary was that the Commie Corpse ludicrous concept of 'friendly number' is as academically verkakht as would be the gratuitous redefinition in physics of 'gravity' to be 'the frequency of apples landing on Newton's head.'
And I'm not certain at all that the grotesque stupidity indicated by that last definition is sufficienly indicative of the abysmal lack of knowledge, coherence and intellectual competence as demonstrated by the Commie Corpse Crapheads.
FReegards to you, and I am **ALL FOR** homeschooling, SAJ
No.
Now it has metastasized...
Sorry, I can't tell just WHAT she is alleging, because the cartoon is right-truncated as displayed.
If, however, that IS what she is claiming, she's another Commie Corpse idiot. Just for a simple example, Pi (3.141526535...) is certainly irrational, transcendental even, but it's square is equally certainly not rational.There is an involved proof of this from, as I recall, Tamaguchi, c. 1970.
If, OTOH, she's claiming something else (that, sadly, cannot be read because of the truncation), then I retract the last example.
I do not retract the comment about her being a member of the cabal of Common Corpse idiots.
Apologies for the typo in the value of Pi. Sticky keyboard, grrrr, and my error entirely.
The world of mathematics is one thing.
Talking like that to 4th graders is a whole ‘nother story.
According to Buddy Sorrell, 32 is the funniest number.
Sally Rogers: What’s a matter with fifteen?
Maurice (Buddy) Sorrell: Thirty-two’s a funnier number.
Sally Rogers: Since when?
Maurice (Buddy) Sorrell: Thirty-two has ALWAYS been a funnier number! I hear thirty-two, I get hysterical! Watch.
[turns to Rob]
Maurice (Buddy) Sorrell: Try me.
Rob Petrie: Thirty-two.
Maurice (Buddy) Sorrell: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoooo!
Sally Rogers: Well, I gotta admit he’s right.
“The Dick Van Dyke Show: The Curious Thing About Women (#1.16)” (1962)
good kid
and of course the answer is always
42
Actually, you're helping make my point. Were I teaching 4th graders (say), neither I nor any competent mathematician would ever CONSIDER using such a term as 'friendly number', because the usage of such terms give NO value whatsoever to the student.
Yet, a whole claque of non-mathematician educrats see "fit" to use that term (and others) in a completely fraudulent and inaccurate manner TO 4TH GRADERS, which usage is absolutely guaranteed to confuse the students AND serve no constructive purpose whatever in advancing their education. Indeed, such usage is retrograde regarding the students: such usage and the jackassery of 'methodology' that they foist upon the students is completely artificial, intimidating and (assuming one is even interested in teaching arithmetical procedures to students -- by no means a 'given') counterproductive.
I daresay the Commie Corpse losers understand at least part of the notions in the paragraph above, and their answer is, generally, "Fine!" In short, their concern is NOT educating students. You can read between the lines at your leisure.
BTW, the last time I talked with young students in the US -- 2nd grade, as it happens -- my opening sentence was (approximately) "If you guys want to learn arithmetic, then I can show you ANYthing you want to learn in 1 hour. Because the first thing about arithmetic is: If you can count, you can add. 15 minutes after that, if you can count, you can subtract. And multiply. Now, we humans started off what we call 'arithmetic' by using our fingers (give example), but we've figured out faster ways to do arithmetic than just by counting. And, besides, counting on our fingers gets to be a problem if we're talking about numbers bigger than 20."
You can, certainly, see how the talk proceeds from there. About 70% of the kids "get it" in the first 10 minutes. That's ok. A competent teacher, one who is concerned about "educating" rather than ideology or indoctrination, can help the others catch up.
BTW, I live in Panama. This method works exactly the same with native Spanish speakers. I just need to improve my Spanish vocabulary. Even so, I've 11 school speaking engagements on my calendar just now. One of the kids had his mom bake some cookies for me (which, of course, I recirculated to the class), then I got to watch his jaw drop in the next class when I gave him a batch of cookies for his family. Who says that math guys can't relate, eh?
:^)
I agree. I don’t need to know anything else about that kid. He or she is a keeper.
I agree. I don’t need to know anything else about that kid. He or she is a keeper.
I read somewhere that they never even bothered giving Buddy Sorrell a script. When they did, it just said Buddy says something funny.
You’re probably right, they called him the Human Joke Machine.
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