I'm not a big fan of math class. I wouldn't say I hate it or anything, I'd just rather be doing something else. Moving numbers around seems so meaningless to me, which is why (along with Mr. Warfle being so hilarious) I think I like my statistics class. In statistics the numbers always stand for something real. It's a cool concept. Too bad the class is kicking my butt right now. Anyway, I was working on some homework a while ago and I came across this problem that made me laugh.
"Maria's science teacher is furious to discover that she has measured the cockroach lengths in inches rather than centimeters. (There are 2.54 cm in 1 inch.) She gives Maria two minutes to report the mean and standard deviation of the 5 cockroaches in centimeters. Maria succeeded. Will you?"Maybe was only funny to me because I was in the middle of stressing out over my test and anything mildly amusing could have made me laugh, but I thought I'd share nonetheless. What planet is Maria's school on? My favorite part is the motivational "Will you?" at the end. It really makes me want to do solve the problem. ;) Yeah right.
Some more math humor:
1 comment:
lol. i love the bell curve cartoon!
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