Amusing Maths website

[Gandahar]

Basically he is selling answers based on worried parents having their kids fail the GCSE

https://twitter.com/m4thsdotcom

I bumped into this website as my daughter and tutor both struggled through these questions (answers to which you can easily buy online for an amount of £ of course)

Have a bash at those if you are feeling brainy

http://m4ths.com/uploads/3/5/2/1/35219558/357.pdf

I suspected a rat when I saw the £ sign, but on the twitter I did laugh when going back to April 15



Website easier to use , for these brainy maths people? Does not compute.

If you can do a tough maths question surely you can click on a link, even teachers !

[XM5ER]

After spending yesterday evening going through Maths GCSE work with my daughter (she has a couple of years before she takes it thankfully), I will be downloading his book. Cheers!

[Beati Dogu]

https://www.wolframalpha.com/

Is kinda like a search engine for techie things.

[castex]

I work for the U.S. mint so I'm really getting a kick out of these responses.

[Solocle]

Gandahar said:

Basically he is selling answers based on worried parents having their kids fail the GCSE

https://twitter.com/m4thsdotcom

I bumped into this website as my daughter and tutor both struggled through these questions (answers to which you can easily buy online for an amount of £ of course)

Have a bash at those if you are feeling brainy

http://m4ths.com/uploads/3/5/2/1/35219558/357.pdf

I suspected a rat when I saw the £ sign, but on the twitter I did laugh when going back to April 15



Website easier to use , for these brainy maths people? Does not compute.

If you can do a tough maths question surely you can click on a link, even teachers !

"John believes the numbers were chosen randomly.
Show that John could be wrong stating a reason for your choice."
Frankly, this shows such a lack of knowledge of probability that it's truly breathtaking. The given numbers are actualling more fg likely to be random than some artificially spaced out numbers based on a human concept of "random".

Genuine lotto:

"could be wrong"

Edited by Solocle on Tuesday 5th December 22:10

[V8LM]

[Shay HTFC]

Solocle said:

Gandahar said:

Basically he is selling answers based on worried parents having their kids fail the GCSE

https://twitter.com/m4thsdotcom

I bumped into this website as my daughter and tutor both struggled through these questions (answers to which you can easily buy online for an amount of £ of course)

Have a bash at those if you are feeling brainy

http://m4ths.com/uploads/3/5/2/1/35219558/357.pdf

I suspected a rat when I saw the £ sign, but on the twitter I did laugh when going back to April 15



Website easier to use , for these brainy maths people? Does not compute.

If you can do a tough maths question surely you can click on a link, even teachers !

"John believes the numbers were chosen randomly.
Show that John could be wrong stating a reason for your choice."
Frankly, this shows such a lack of knowledge of probability that it's truly breathtaking. The given numbers are actualling more fg likely to be random than some artificially spaced out numbers based on a human concept of "random".

Genuine lotto:

"could be wrong"

Edited by Solocle on Tuesday 5th December 22:10

I don't quite get the point you're trying to make.

The example has gaps 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9, (which follow a clear pattern i.e. might not have been chosen randomly), whereas the actual lotto example you gave has no discernable pattern..

[Krikkit]

Shay HTFC said:

Solocle said:

"John believes the numbers were chosen randomly.
Show that John could be wrong stating a reason for your choice."
Frankly, this shows such a lack of knowledge of probability that it's truly breathtaking. The given numbers are actualling more fg likely to be random than some artificially spaced out numbers based on a human concept of "random".

Genuine lotto:

"could be wrong"

Edited by Solocle on Tuesday 5th December 22:10

I don't quite get the point you're trying to make.

The example has gaps 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9, (which follow a clear pattern i.e. might not have been chosen randomly), whereas the actual lotto example you gave has no discernable pattern..

His point is that sequences which are ascending aren't that rare in real Lotto wins, therefore there's not necessarily a reason to say it's definitely a rouse.

[Zod]

Krikkit said:

Shay HTFC said:

Solocle said:

"John believes the numbers were chosen randomly.
Show that John could be wrong stating a reason for your choice."
Frankly, this shows such a lack of knowledge of probability that it's truly breathtaking. The given numbers are actualling more fg likely to be random than some artificially spaced out numbers based on a human concept of "random".

Genuine lotto:

"could be wrong"

Edited by Solocle on Tuesday 5th December 22:10

I don't quite get the point you're trying to make.

The example has gaps 1 -> 3 -> 5 -> 7 -> 9, (which follow a clear pattern i.e. might not have been chosen randomly), whereas the actual lotto example you gave has no discernable pattern..

His point is that sequences which are ascending aren't that rare in real Lotto wins, therefore there's not necessarily a reason to say it's definitely a rouse.

The question says that "John [b]could[/c] be wrong. It's just asking the sitter to spot the pattern.

[Shay HTFC]

Krikkit said:

His point is that sequences which are ascending aren't that rare in real Lotto wins, therefore there's not necessarily a reason to say it's definitely a rouse.

But ascending sequences that follow a pattern are not all that common!

[Solocle]

They sort the numbers anyway. No, my point was the lack of spread was pretty common. The sequence is a bit more unlikely, but we as humans have a habit of looking for pattern, and look and ye shall find.

[V8LM]

Solocle said:

They sort the numbers anyway. No, my point was the lack of spread was pretty common. The sequence is a bit more unlikely, but we as humans have a habit of looking for pattern, and look and ye shall find.

"Freda chooses the 6 numbers shown below in the order in which they appear."

Although that doesn't matter. Odds of that sequence happening at random are the same as any other.

The interesting question would be how many 'simple' arithmetic sequences can be made from picking six balls from 49. Are there more or less sequences than non-simple arithmetic ones? I don't know, but suspect there are less simple arithmetic (add this, subtract that, etc.) sequences than non arithmetic ones, so therefore if there is a choice of whether these could have been selected rather than purely random the answer would be yes.