One of my favorite "everyday" math mistakes comes from a log from the ticket both of the Globe theater in England, when they were transitioning from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals. The employee(s) kept practicing problems in the margins and extra pages and didn't yet have a great grasp on the new math
2026-08-24 10:14:45
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spitfire3000RX :
is the clay babylonian tablet in the british museum?
2026-08-21 23:36:08
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Finn :
How is 4/625 more helpful than 1/156.25? We effectively just multiplied both numerator and denominator by 4 in the most convoluted way possible and are no closer to a decimal expression
2026-08-22 17:02:37
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Kyle P.✝️ :
So this is why they tell us to show are work
2026-08-22 04:34:58
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Timothy Waters :
Now I have to learn base 60 math...
2026-08-22 03:28:02
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DidISayThat :
I don’t even look at my math homework 4 minutes later. Why look at it 4,000 years later?? 😁
2026-08-22 03:08:26
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YoungerThanThatNow :
So embarrassing!
2026-08-23 15:06:54
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Donovin ℝussell :
Gotta love some good algebra. Another good method: 12.5 = 25/2 then (25/2)^2 = 625 / 4, so the reciprocal is now trivial, but I still don’t have a good way to make it a decimal!
2026-08-22 03:21:11
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Jonas Antonsson :
Mistakes were made...
2026-08-22 00:04:31
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DidISayThat :
This is a bald-faced educational video. 😁
2026-08-22 20:15:22
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AB :
I recognized that plaque immediately, we clowned on that guy everytime we went to that museum
2026-08-22 01:47:23
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Tiyash | তিয়াস | They/He :
@ena @Andrew
2026-08-22 14:18:53
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Thundy :
😭😭
2026-08-22 06:12:00
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