“the most painful thing about mathematics
is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.”
-james newman
Mar24
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“the most painful thing about mathematics
is how far away you are from being able to use it after you have learned it.”
-james newman
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Somewhere there is an editor who needs to be fired. And, as always, a great quote, Beth!
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yes, it just really makes you wonder…
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When I was in college, Algebra about killed me. For an entire semester they told us that we could never have negative numbers under the square root symbol. Then, miraculously, the following semester we could! They called them “imaginary” numbers! What in the hell?! It was so ridiculous!
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I so get that )
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Who printed that book without checking the proof, I wonder? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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exactly )
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The new math, in pictures!
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there you go )
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‘don’t know much about trigonometry, don’t know much about algebra ….’
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ha, an oldie but goodie
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I learned more math when I taught it and had to explain it than I ever learned in any math class.
And maybe my students of long ago have said the same thing. 😦
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I do think teaching causes one to learn –
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Now that’s a classic, Beth!
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it kind of leaves one speechless )
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Haha, but technically it is correct since there are five bananas in each bunch. We just needed to know how they wanted us to interpret this picture.
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a mind puzzle
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Oh gawd. I’m laughing and feeling guilty for doing so, because illustrator and editor are in deep doo doo.
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yes, someone along the way should have noticed perhaps?
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A bit of mistake in counting 😂
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not the best example )
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Yup!
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I really struggled with English at school and nearlly failed to get into Uni because of it, but I was a wizz at Maths ..
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math was my challenge and English came naturally to me, but that’s why it’s good we have all kinds of people
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I’m not sure I ever learned it !!
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Same!)
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This seems to go with the confusion of creating new math…..
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It sure does
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awesome beth! ❤
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Thanks!
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I’ve decided not to see what’s up with this “new math” – I can add stuff up wrong just fine with the old way!
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Yay!
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Reblogged this on History of Sorts.
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Ty!
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You’re welcome
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Oops!
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Yes)
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Must be a quantum thing, six bananas and the number 5. Or maybe the book is a portal to a wormhole. Be careful!
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All possibilities are on the table
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Beth – you have passed this slippery test and may proceed to the next level. Just watch your step as you pass GO and collect your 200 dollars.
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))))
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Glad when I entered Uni that I only had to take one math class as a requirement…
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Lucky!
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Yes! I was an art major!
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Perfect
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Ooops. I’ve never liked math. My son-in-law is a math major and an actuary. His wife, my daughter, is not good at math either. But both my grandkids, math whizes.
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The same here
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Somehow I feel like this was “The Emperor Has No Clothes” moment when some child said to a teacher, “Wait, that isn’t 5!”
One of my old kindergarten parents has a great story about finishing his presentation for Back to School Night and asked the parents if they had any questions. One parent raised his hand and asked, “Has the alphabet changed since I was in school?” The teacher had inadvertently put two letters in the wrong order when he put up the alphabet.😎
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I suspect you are right and your example is hilarious
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I was once a copy editor for a textbook publisher and would have lost my job if something like that got into print. But I’d have died of embarrassment before they could fire me.
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I know that I’m not good at self/editing and why a gatekeeper/editor is imperative
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But… But… There are six! Math was never my strong hold but I at least know the difference between five and six. Mostly.
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Too bad the book’s editor didn’t get that
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Oddly enough I was thinking about square roots last night and thought, “WTF was that for??”
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Hahaha
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HaHa.
How picture books have changes….new math and all. “Parents, do not dare question” – the only way that made it through editing and to the market?
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I can’t imagine how it got through
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So, that is embarrassing 😂That reminds me of my son who found an error in a school book. The names of two mountain chains in Europe were mixed up. He was 8.
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Brilliant
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I could see this happening if it were bunnies; who knows what happens when the books are closed…
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A excellent point,Jim. Way to go cross-curricular – mixing science with math
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That’s the truth of it for sure.
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🌼
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Sometimes you eat crow. Somebody needs to eat one of the bananas.
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That’s all it would have taken ))
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They eye sees what the mind believes. Obvious proof.
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The new math always stumps me. 😉 I had a nightmare, kinda bananas like this, before I ordered 100 of my books. 😜
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I’ll bet
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Haha! That’s especially true for sociologists, whom are not demographers.
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indeed –
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Such a conundrum! 😏
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what to do, what to do? )
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