‘I would fail fifth grade math’ A maths question for primary school pupils has left adults baffled. The tricky head-scratcher was shared on Reddit by a sibling who was left confused by his younger brother’s homework. The Reddit user wrote: “A test problem on my 5th-grade brother’s math exam. The question was all about working […]
2 years ago
‘F**k the Tories, get rid of them, please!’ Simon Pegg has labelled Rishi Sunak a “p***k” and “tosser” following his plans to make it compulsory for children to learn maths until the age of 18. In an impassioned plea on his Instagram account, the Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz star called out the […]
3 years ago
Some of you might need to refresh your maths The equation ‘550 ÷ 2 = 225’ has become a viral meme because people are shocked to learn that it’s incorrect. There will be two groups of people reading this now: those of you going ‘yes obviously it’s wrong, what’s the fuss?’ and those of you […]
3 years ago
The videos have since racked up over two million views A maths tutor who started posting his lessons on Pornhub said he did so out of desperation after his after-school club almost went out of business. Shun-Wei Chang, 34, who also goes by the stage name Changhsu, has managed to rack up 7,000 subscribers on […]
3 years ago
He had to use a magnifying glass to help with reading the questions A 92-year-old man who is believed to be the oldest GCSE student to sit an exam has passed his maths paper with the highest mark possible. Derek Skipper, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, had signed up for a free adult education course run […]
3 years ago
You can hardly bee-lieve it A revolutionary new study has detailed how honeybees are the first non-human animals to differentiate between even and odd numbers. In a study published in the Frontiers in Ecology journal last week, scientists from Monash University in Australia detailed their remarkable findings – and they’ve created quite a buzz. According […]
4 years ago