Some math fails
26 billion will tune in! Answer fail I don’t understand basic math… The “six” of diamonds
Math Mistakes in the News
Notre Dame suing worker for accidentally giving her a $29,387 tip
Ya so, a woman named Sara Gaspar used to work for the University of Notre Dame doing catering for events. Then one pay check she saw that the school tipped her $29,387 Of course she thought this was AWESOME (who wouldn’t). She payed off all her debts, and even bought a brand NEW car! She …
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Calculator Fail
I’m always eager about finding math mistakes in the news. The Herald reported that a Traffic Warden was incorrectly ticketing cars in a parking lot because of how he was using his calculator. He failed to realize that calculators work in decimals rather than minutes and hours. One car owner saw this and tried to …
Why is life expectancy higher in Canada?
Taking a look at the table in Wikipedia the life expectancy for Canada is indeed a bit higher than that of the USA. Peter Gillies asked this question and Bill O’Reilly answers it perfectly:“Well, that’s to be expected, Peter, because we have ten times as many people as you do. That translates to ten times …
“Mostly” isn’t most if you put “only” in front.
Some of the words were obscured here because the slightly NSFW nature of the subject matter distracts from the Math Fail. Refer to the original source if you’re not squeamish. Thanks to Anon. for this submission! Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/06/pubic-hair-grooming-injuries_n_2632907.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Do the math!
Hawaii politician thinks she can divide by 0 Ironically, she tells us to “do the math”. Thanks to Bradford Blue for this submission! Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt3eMSCq9zY
.11= 1/2
Thanks to The Very Reverend Thomas Bayes for this submission!
Almost 10% of Canadians…
Check out this silly news article about a poll that was taken to see if people believe the world is going to end in 2012! AAaaackk!! The title of the article is: Almost 10% of Canadians believe Mayan end-of-the-world prediction Followed by the first sentence “Nine per cent of Canadians believe that the Mayan calendar, …
Units Matter
Thanks to yongoro for this math fail in the news: On Thursday’s Hardball, Chris Matthews preposterously insisted that Barack Obama added “only 13 people” to the federal workforce in 2009 and that the total number of individuals working for the U.S. government (as of 2010) was 4,443. According to the Office of Personnel Management (the …
German newspaper fail
Journalism and math don’t mix