"Society needs mathematicians!"
"Mathematics is of central importance to modern society. It underpins scientific and industrial research and development and is the key to vital areas of the economy such as finance and ICT"
Bill Rammell - Minister for Lifelong Learning
News has just reached us: top mathematicians have devised a formula to predict when a parent will first hear the cry “are we there yet?” while on a long car journey.
It is 1 + the number of activities divided by the number of children squared + the length of time to pack the car.
Q = (1 +x ) / y2 + z
Q is the question, x = number of activities, y = children and z time to pack the car.
Apparently, Skoda commissioned the research.
It’s good to see corporations keeping mathematicians away from the fiscal policy of the government but I think we could make it even more frivolous.
Typhoo could refund research into the time it takes elderly relatives to ask “Who’s for a cup of tea?, lastminute.com could sponsor the calculation of Monday’s open plan “Did you have a good weekend?”, and Relate could have a field day with the equation for “It’s not you, it’s me."
"Mathematics is of central importance to modern society. It underpins scientific and industrial research and development and is the key to vital areas of the economy such as finance and ICT"
Bill Rammell - Minister for Lifelong Learning
News has just reached us: top mathematicians have devised a formula to predict when a parent will first hear the cry “are we there yet?” while on a long car journey.
It is 1 + the number of activities divided by the number of children squared + the length of time to pack the car.
Q = (1 +x ) / y2 + z
Q is the question, x = number of activities, y = children and z time to pack the car.
Apparently, Skoda commissioned the research.
It’s good to see corporations keeping mathematicians away from the fiscal policy of the government but I think we could make it even more frivolous.
Typhoo could refund research into the time it takes elderly relatives to ask “Who’s for a cup of tea?, lastminute.com could sponsor the calculation of Monday’s open plan “Did you have a good weekend?”, and Relate could have a field day with the equation for “It’s not you, it’s me."
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