691 definitions by MathPlus

Pignant

When a woman is approximately π months pregnant, or is slightly past her first trimester.

When asked by her nosy colleagues whether she’s expecting a baby, Alice geekily told them that she’s pignant, much to their confusion by what she meant.

by MathPlus May 24, 2021

Trumpole

A dumbass or jerk who refuses to concede defeat to their opponent, but instead gears up for all kinds of mischief or devilry to frustrate and prevent them from moving forward.

The world recently witnessed the undemocratic and idiotic support of a trumpole by 19 Republican state attorney generals and 126 morally corrupt buffoons of Congress, who would likely go down in the history books as an awful bunch of fake and inept lawmakers, who had sold their souls to the devil out of fear for a Pharisee-in-Chief, who is quietly laughing at them for their blind faith in him.

by MathPlus December 16, 2020

Singapore Math Effect

The belief or myth that any country, state, or school that adopts the Singapore math curriculum would have their students' math scores improve significantly.

Mauritius and Rwanda appear to have gained from the Singapore math effect—both countries are economically better off than their bigger resources-rich African neighbors.

by MathPlus July 24, 2016

🇸🇬 🔢

Short for Singapore Math. A mélange of the best math curriculums from the East and the West, which has arguably led Singapore students to repeatedly rank top in international comparative studies like PISA and TIMSS.

In emoji, 🇸🇬 🔢 = (🇺🇸 + 🇬🇧 + 🇨🇳 + 🇰🇷 + 🇷🇺 + 🇮🇱) × 🔢—the six main mathematical ingredients Singapore apparently used to bake its own cake, which is now popular among tens of thousands of math educators and homeschoolers worldwide.

by MathPlus December 10, 2020

🇸🇬 🔢

Singapore Math in two characters. A mélange of the best math curriculums from the East and the West, which is arguably the catalyst for Singapore students to repeatedly rank top in international comparative studies like PISA and TIMSS.

In emoji, 🇸🇬 🔢 = (🇺🇸 + 🇬🇧 + 🇨🇳 + 🇰🇷 + 🇷🇺 + 🇮🇱) × 🔢—why should Singapore reinvent the wheel when it can steal the best mathematical ideas from others?

by MathPlus December 6, 2020