Math Aficionados Gifts

You Lie!

Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other. That's "Euclid." Some of us call him "Mister Obvious."

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

'Einstein, the children are getting too complex for me.'

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

'But I digress...'

Can't Do the Math/Won't Do the Math.

"I didn't finish the proof but I did write this poem about my struggle."

"But everyone is befuddled by math."

"If a third grader knows the answer, how much of a problem can it really be?"

'X is unknown? Even to somebody with all your education?'

'I got 100 in school today. 50 in history and 50 in maths.'

Baby sees bottle with math formula marked, 'Baby Formula'.

"I know it may be wrong, but it's how I feel."

'I know! It's what I had last night for dinner.'

"Or we could tally the sheep like this."

"Gifted class, indeed! One is gifted in science, but can't rad - one is fixed in reading, but won't even try math..."

"I'm going to prove that Math comes in handy later in life."

'Maths is fun!'

The theory that ‘Time is Relative' came to the professor during a Decelerated Math Class.

'190 divided by two...'

'Unemployed math grad. Will solve quadratic equations for food."

Mr. Defner's drive-in algebra class was retro cool, controversial and somewhat effective.

Common Core Family Therapy

School. I like solving problems with X's and Y's, so I'll probably go into either math or genetics!

'What's most depressing is the realization that everything we believe will be disproved in a few years.'

"When you say you're behind me 100%, do you mean base ten or binary?"

'Dad 'If Jack brought 10,000 shares at $3 and he sold 75% of them to Larry for $8 before the value went down to $2, what did Jack end up with?''

"That was Copernicus on the phone – he says you're NOT the centre of the universe!"

'Believe me dad. I'm on the school math team. If your investments declined 50 then increased 50 you did not break even.'

"I guess when your husband dies you'll really understand what they mean by a statistical death."

"When the teacher explained negative numbers, I suddenly understood how politicians 'deficit spend'."

Math Teacher

'If 'x' is unknown, why should I rock the boat?'

"I'm Albert, your new mathematics teacher, but you can call me Al."