Math Limericks
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| 1 | So you failed a math test or two,
And want extra credit for you. But, I just don't know, How you can go Beyond that which already you can't do.
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(Of course, any topic
could be substituted for 'math' in this limerick.) |
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| 2 | 20% of the price is nice
To subtract from the price of the rice. It is 20% off, And equals, I scoff, 80 % of the price.
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Other percentages can be used
such as 80% and 20%, 60% and 40%, 40% and 60%, 70% and 30%, and so forth. |
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| 3 | Two framed pictures on the wall.
In one you see nothing at all. The other a zero, Quite real and so, Not ‘nothing’ ; it’s a number after all!
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| 4 | 1 to 9, pick a number I plea,
Multiply 15,873. And again times 7, The product to leaven, Your pick, repeating 6 times you'll see.
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If you figure out why this works,
then you can work backwards and choose numbers that will result in your picked number repeating as often as you like. |
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| 5 | 2 to the 4, let's review
The power's not 4, that's true. The exponent is 4, With base 2, what's more, 16 is the 4 th power of 2 .
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2 4 |
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| 6 | Take 1 times X to the 1.
Divide by 1 just for fun. Add 0 to this, And what don't you miss, X with 'invisible' notation.
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| 7 | Let x = 0 and 2x also,
And 2x = x since both are zero. Divide each by x, Doesn't look complex, You get 2 = 1 , taint so you know.
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| 8 | "a less than b" reads a < b ,
And "b greater than a" reads truthfully. From this pages backside, Both the same will abide, Though b > a is what you will see. |
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| 9 | Any positive integer over one,
Is prime or can be factored and when done,. There is only one way, When put in order to display, The Unique Prime Factorization. |
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic or Unique Prime Factorization Theorem |
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