type of English major: a person who studied English at university.
American maths author Ben Orlin has a new book out aimed at this demographic. (More on this below.)
He suggested today’s puzzles – which are all solved with simple insights, the sort of thing that may appeal to mathematical novices.
For each question below, which option is bigger? No calculators allowed!
1. Square vs cube
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[Update: there was a mistake in the original setting of this question. It’s now resolved.]
2. Sir Pentages
3. Fraction infraction
4. Roots shmoots
5. Tick tock
6. Power shower
I’ll be back at 5pm UK with the solutions.
UPDATE: Solutions now up.
NO SPOILERS. Instead discuss your favourite English Majors.
the name of a successful blog and a bestselling book full of charming, low-fi illustrations.
is a winning effort to convert people who don’t consider themselves ‘math-people’ to the joys of arithmetic, geometry, algebra and more.
Regular readers of this column may feel that some of today’s questions are a little easy. If so, you are probably not an English major – so please share with anyone who is!
is out on September 26.
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Think Twice: Solve the simple puzzles (almost) everyone gets wrong
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