Showing posts with label math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label math. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2

Ryan Fitzpatrick Throws Six Touchdowns, Has Son Show Off Math Skills During Press Conference


Ryan Fitzpatrick just had the game of his career, throwing for 358 yards and six touchdowns. He's just the 34th quarterback in NFL history to toss at least six scores. But at his postgame press conference, Fitzpatrick wanted to put some spotlight on his son, Brady. He had Brady come up, and asked a reporter to name two numbers between 90 and 99, which happened to be 93 and 97. Brady then solved the problem in his head in about five seconds.

Sure, there's a little math trick you can use to figure this out, but it still requires some quick subtracting and multiplying in your head. Brady handled this easily--next stop, following in his father's footsteps at Harvard?

Tuesday, August 26

31 Days of Calvin and Hobbes: Day 26


In addition to his transporting/transmogrifying adventures, Calvin has also created a number of aliases for himself. One of these is Spaceman Spiff. Usually, the intergalactic narrative has Calvin navigating the perilous skies, with lots of vivid backgrounds on the strip. The color of the Sunday strips really help in these instances.

Often, Spaceman Spiff is about to crash land when Calvin snaps back to reality. Usually he's about to get into trouble, but occasionally he ends up answering his teacher's or parent's question correctly. I like those more than when he's goofing off, mainly because I enjoy when Calvin celebrates, as in the final panel.

Friday, August 15

31 Days of Calvin and Hobbes: Day 14


I always considered myself a math whiz throughout elementary and junior high school. When we played games of Around the World, I dominated everyone and everything.

Then algebra came along, and things weren't as easy as they once seemed. Actually, I think I still did aight in algebra and geometry, but it was calculus that really screwed me. I'm glad that sort of stuff isn't actually applicable in real life. Calvin struggles with math more often than not, but fortunately, he's got Hobbes to set things straight. His solution for "Y" is one of the greatest things ever.