Why are The Buses Fullest in The City Centre?
February 15th, 2009
I’ve been taking buses for a long time. One thing I noticed is that the buses are fullest in the city centre. Now that’s kind of obvious. After all, most people who take the bus are going either to or from the city centre. It makes sense the buses are packed full of people there. [...]
Throwing Cats Into Water
February 11th, 2009
Yeeey, we’re back with another edition of throwing cats! Last week, I showed you what happens when you throw a cat out of an airplane. Today, you will find out what happens when you throw a cat into water! Please note that this time we’ll be using an idealised mathematical cat. It’s going to stay [...]
Why Can’t We Divide By Zero?
February 8th, 2009
Ah, division by zero. One of the first things that math teachers start ramming into pupils’ heads. They say “You cannot divide by zero!” with as much vengeance as Gandalf shouting “You cannot pass!”. But they usually don’t give you any reasons! It’s more like “You cannot never ever divide by zero!” rather than “Here, [...]
Throwing Cats Out of Airplanes
February 4th, 2009
Here’s a fun question! What will happen to a cat if you throw it out of an airplane? Are you ready for the answer? …In fact, nothing will happen to the cat! Because if something WERE to happen to the cat, you would get killed by rain! (Wait, what?) Okay, okay, I’m getting ahead of [...]
What is this blog about?
February 1st, 2009
Hi there, I’m Vlad, and I’m one of Leeds Math Geeks. Some weeks ago, I was browsing the internet looking for math blogs (it’s a long story). And one of the most interesting blogs I came across was The Math 152 weblog. After digging around a bit, I found out it’s a blog maintained by [...]
