#HolidayMath

Emberhart

@emberhartco.bsky.social

1 month ago

Scratch Card Odds 1/10
Christmas brought five scratch cards—one each. Before scratching, a question came up: keep what you win, or pool everything and share? 🎄
#Emberhart #ProbabilityThinking #HolidayMath

COMAP Math

@comapmath.bsky.social

2 months ago

🎄✨ It's time for Christmas lights! This fun, real-world modeling example shows how concepts like patterns, optimization, and constraints come into play when figuring out how many lights you need.

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#MathModeling #RealWorldMath #HolidayMath

George R. Andrews

@georgerandrews.bsky.social

2 months ago

Survival mode: 1 bite (1/10 cookie) per house = 200,000,000 cookies. Or only 1 in 5 homes leaves cookies: ~400,000,000. Either way, Santa isn’t jolly—he’s in a long-term relationship with antacids. #HolidayMath

Mitch Goldstone

@scanmyphotos.bsky.social

1 year ago

a man dressed as an elf is talking on a cell phone while sitting at a table . ALT: a man dressed as an elf is talking on a cell phone while sitting at a table .

Christmas calories don’t count. That’s just science. 🍪🎅 #HolidayMath #YoloNog #ChristmasQuote

@ndubbz.bsky.social

1 year ago

Alright, there’s a 99% chance the tree goes up in the family room today, a 50% chance the lights actually work, and when you combine that, there’s a 150% chance that tree ends up standing there with no ornaments. 🎄🙃 #HolidayMath #SteinerMath

@matthematician.bsky.social

8 years ago

Ooh! How about a:
Rand on a Stand
e on a Tree
Tor on a Floor #HolidayMath https://twitter.com/aap03102/status/919650143447732225