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!
Hawaii politician thinks she can divide by 0
Ironically, she tells us to “do the math”.
Thanks to Bradford Blue for this submission!
Thanks to The Very Reverend Thomas Bayes for this submission!
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, which some say ends in 2012, marks the end of the world, according a new international poll.”
Oh wait, it’s 1 in 7 now!! Close enough.
Thanks to Mike for this submission!
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 source Matthews cited), there were 4,430,000 federal employees by 2010 and the President increased the numbers by 13,000, not 13.
Journalism and math don’t mix
Good luck backing up that argument.
In other news, the day after tomorrow is the end of life as we know it.
A big newspaper in Norway did a series of articles concerning Norwegian kids’ math skills. Many of the articles included this picture. Clearly, the kids is not to be blamed for doing it bad on international rankings..
Credit: Mats
They will start doing it after they finish learning the times table.