10 signs you are a math nerd

@John Muradeli – Is there a ladder around, or does one just 'get high on math' and levitate to write stuff at the top of the board?

This image is the stuff of nightmares ....... thanks for sharing it, John. :P – Brian Charlesworth · 2 years, 9 months ago

@John Muradeli – Does college actually look like this (below)

In every Hollywood movie I've seen, there's your stereotypical math professor infront of a giant board with complex small writing that absolutely no one in the room

A) understands

B) can even see from their seats

C) looks at

Or

D) cares about

Because they're all too busy wondering "when's the next party?" – Trevor Arashiro · 2 years, 9 months ago

@John Muradeli – Our college calculus classroom had chalkboards on four walls. The professor would enter the room, begin talking and writing on the board. When the last board was full, class was over. – Dan Hodge · 2 years, 8 months ago

@John Muradeli – lol – Handayani Basuki · 1 year, 8 months ago

@John Muradeli – I am that same way, John. I did it for the entire class time several times as well. Other/Most times, about a good 5-10 minutes. – Llewellyn Sterling · 2 years, 3 months ago

@Michael Mendrin – This Christmas? I would have thought that you already had enough trig books. :) – Brian Charlesworth · 2 years, 9 months ago

@Samuraiwarm Tsunayoshi – Would you like beans or gates. – Joel Yip · 1 year, 2 months ago

@Samuraiwarm Tsunayoshi – I do all of these!! – Ashley Shamidha · 2 years, 5 months ago

@Samuraiwarm Tsunayoshi – This is all sooo true!!! – Melissa Quail · 2 years, 8 months ago

@Ashley Shamidha – Thanks! Those are good suggestions, seeing the beauty of math in everyday life! – Calvin Lin Staff · 2 years, 5 months ago

@Ashley Shamidha – This proves the beauty of mathematics http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/beautiful-minds/2014/05/07/the-neuroscience-of-mathematical-beauty/ – Ashley Shamidha · 2 years, 4 months ago

@Ashley Shamidha – Me too!!!!!! I always keep calculating the run rate as well as strike rate!!!! – Aman Real · 2 years, 5 months ago

@Trevor Arashiro – I love white boards! I bought 2 of them in college to scribble on. When the department got rid of a huge whiteboard on wheels, I contemplated rolling it into my dorm room. Sadly though, it was too big to have fit into my small dorm. – Calvin Lin Staff · 2 years, 8 months ago

@Trevor Arashiro – Huh, a white board ..... yeah, that is epically nerdy. That definitely deserves a place in the pantheon of Signs. – Brian Charlesworth · 2 years, 9 months ago

@Michael Sullivan – That's pretty great!

True, for 4, it should be "You would tell ...". LOL – Calvin Lin Staff · 2 years, 8 months ago

@Pankaj Joshi – I used my friend's birthday card! And then he went upset! – Pranjal Jain · 2 years, 9 months ago

@Tootie Frootie – Well, at least that is a start. :) – Llewellyn Sterling · 2 years, 3 months ago

@Danny Nguyen – Hmm ... I've got to call you out on this.

5 and 6 are mutually exclusive, so the maximum score is 9. (I'm tricky that way) – Calvin Lin Staff · 2 years, 8 months ago

@Danny Nguyen – I literally asked my mom for "The Art of Problem Solving, Volume 2: and Beyond" book yesterday (That counts as a trig book, right?!?). – Danny Nguyen · 2 years, 8 months ago

@Denel Joi – Congrats! That's a great score.

FYI, I've updated your name, and it is now reflected in your profile. It might take a while for us to update all of our caches across the site. – Calvin Lin Staff · 2 years, 8 months ago

@Ashley Shamidha – Yes you are! – Calvin Lin Staff · 2 years, 5 months ago

@Sonali Nandi – 40

\(LCM(5,8,10,12,15,20)=120\)

Smallest 6-digit number=100000

\(40\equiv 100000\mod 120\)

So \(\boxed{40}\) is the minimum natural number which must be subtracted from 100000 to make it divisible by 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20.

In general \(40+120n\) must be subtracted where n is any integer.

Please post a note to ask problems rather than posting it as comment. It would reach more audience this way. – Pranjal Jain · 2 years, 8 months ago