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Math questions that leverage on the coronavirus pandemic—lockdowns, infections, deaths, face masks, social distancing measures, stimulus packages, tax rebates, rent reliefs, vaccines, and the like—to hone students’ problem-solving or guesstimation skills.
Two Covid-19 math questions are:
1. After parking their cars, 317 Trump supporters took a bus instead of walked to the rally. Each bus can hold 28 passengers. How many buses were needed to ferry them?
2. Eric and Don each have a certain number of face masks. If Eric gave Don five masks, Don would have twice as many masks as him. If Don gave five masks to Eric, they each would have the same number of masks. How many face masks does each brother have? Answer: Eric: 25, Don: 35.
1. After parking their cars, 317 Trump supporters took a bus instead of walked to the rally. Each bus can hold 28 passengers. How many buses were needed to ferry them?
2. Eric and Don each have a certain number of face masks. If Eric gave Don five masks, Don would have twice as many masks as him. If Don gave five masks to Eric, they each would have the same number of masks. How many face masks does each brother have? Answer: Eric: 25, Don: 35.
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In appealing against the cancellation of a visa entry to Australia—which was decided in the name of “health and safety and in the public interest”—lawyers of the world’s number one tennis player failed to convince the court that their djokovicinated client wouldn’t "increase in anti-vaccination sentiment" and even incite "civil unrest.”
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In an age when you can virtually order your fake PhD of any prestigious university for a few hundred bucks in a matter of days, who says that a doctorate degree is meant only for geeks or nerds?
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Coronamatics provides health officials viral insights how to manage the pandemic crisis: Should they lockdown the entire nation again? How long should a new nationwide restriction last? Should schools be closed? Should vaccinated tourists be allowed to revive the economy?
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When pressed by the interviewer if he tested negative on the day of the first presidential debate, Donald gave a trump answer.
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