Posts Tagged ‘2021’
June 29, 2021
London yesterday. Spectators give a spontaneous standing ovation to Oxford Professor Sarah Gilbert (below), who was one of the scientists involved in developing the Astra-Zeneca vaccine and one of 100 key worker special guests on opening day. (The Age, 29 JUN, 2021)
Here are the Covid-19 Vaccination stats for the UK as of yesterday:
BBC, 29 JUN 2021
The UK recorded 22, 868 cases yesterday, but only 3 deaths.
The last time the UK recorded close to 23,000 cases was on 16 December 2020. That day, 613 deaths were announced. (The Age, 29 JUN 2021)
In 2019, in the UK, the total death toll was 616,014 or 1688 per day. Tragically but realistically elderly patients with multiple health issues are more likely to contract Covid and die from complications exacerbated by Covid-19 but not necessarily caused by the virus.
The death toll numbers are now encouragingly low in the UK despite the high infection rates from the highly contagious Covid Delta variant.
UPDATE:
On 9 July 2021, the UK recorded 35,707 cases and 29 Deaths. According to Worldometer stats (below), the case numbers and deaths are still rising. Too soon to celebrate even though the UK Freedom Day is only 10 days away.
Posted in %, bar graphs, COVID-19 Math, Real Life Math, Year 7 mathspig, Year 9 Mathspig | Tagged 2021, applause, AstraZeneca, Covid 19, crowd, death, ovation, Oxford Professor, rates, Sarah Gilbert, stats, tennis, UK, vaccine, Wimbledon | Leave a Comment »
March 14, 2021
THE FUNNY SIDE OF PI DAY
In Australia, we don’t get too carried away with 14 March aka Pi Day aka 3.14.21 because, unlike Americans, we do not write the date as 3/14/21. We prefer 14/3/21.
No problem.
Meanwhile, the Germans, the Dutch, and other European countries do not call π ‘Pi’, they call it ‘P’ or ‘Pee’ because ‘i’ is pronounced ‘ee’, for instance, in German.
So Happy π Day English speakers and now, for a laugh, look at some of our Pi or Pee jokes through the eyes of, say, a German.
That’s because of the beer.
One whole day dedicated to pee.
It’s epic!
Mathematicians in love .., awwww!
So cute or they’re pissed.
……………………………………..
OK. ‘I 8 sum pi’ but adding the ‘delicious makes this weird for a German. D’Oh!
Very expensive bottle of pee.
Mmmm! Pecan pee.
Rabbit Pee must be a problem.
Dessert wine, maybe?
That’s, like, every day after a night out on the ‘piss’ as we so delicately call it in Australia.
You too can have tasty pee. I don’t know how and frankly, I don’t want to know.
Posted in Funny ha^2 Maths, Pi Day Joke | Tagged 2021, 3.14, 3rd march, America, crazy, embarrassing, Europe, funny, German, hilarious, joke, Math, Pi Day, weird | Leave a Comment »
February 7, 2021
USA units post here.
Novak Djokovic is the No. 1 Seed in the Australian Open 2021.
His fastest serve = 219 kph
Could you return his serve? Do the maths!!!!!!
The ball leaves Djokovic’s racket and hits the ground 0.31 secs later.
Go here to see why this simplified calculation works!
Mathspig tested her reaction time here. TRY IT!
Mathspig’s best, best, best reaction time = O.33 sec
The fastest serve EVER was delivered by Australian Sam Groth @ 263 kph.
That serve takes 0.25 sec to land on the other side of the court.
Posted in algebra, Arithmetic, decimals, Middle School, The Terrifying Math of Tennis, units speed | Tagged 2021, Australia, champion, court, ever, fastest, metric, Novak Djokovic, open, reaction, recorded, serve, speed, tennis, Time | 1 Comment »
February 7, 2021
METRIC post here.
Novak Djokovic is the No. 1 Seed in the Australian Open 2021.
His fastest serve = 136 mph
Could you return his serve? Do the math!!!!!!
The ball leaves Djokovic’s racket and hits the ground 0.30 secs later.
Go here to see why this simplified calculation works!
Mathspig tested her reaction time here. TRY IT!
Mathspig’s best, best, best reaction time = O.33 sec
The fastest serve EVER was delivered by Australian Sam Groth @163.4 mph. That serve takes 0.25 sec to land on the other side of the court.
Posted in algebra, Arithmetic, decimals, Middle School, The Terrifying Math of Tennis, units speed | Tagged 2021, Australia, champion, court, ever, fastest, Novak Djokovic, open, reaction, recorded, serve, speed, tennis, Time, USA units | 1 Comment »
January 30, 2021
Metric version here.
Silverback Gorilla stats here
Human anatomy weight % here.
Speed info here
Impact times for boxers here
Power comparisons here.
Posted in algebra, Arithmetic, direct proportion, GODZILLA vs KONG, Ratio, units length, units weight, Year 7 mathspig, Year 9 Mathspig | Tagged 2021, contest, force, Godzilla, GODZILLA vs KONG, height, impact, King, king hit, Kong, Movies, power, punch, speed, USA units, Weight | 1 Comment »
January 30, 2021
USA units version here.
Silverback Gorilla stats here
Human anatomy weight % here.
Speed info here
Impact times for boxers here
Power comparisons here.
Posted in algebra, Arithmetic, decimals, direct proportion, GODZILLA vs KONG, units length, units weight, Year 7 mathspig, Year 9 Mathspig | Tagged 2021, contest, force, Godzilla, GODZILLA vs KONG, height, impact, King, king hit, Kong, Movies, power, punch, speed, Weight | 1 Comment »
January 25, 2021
METRIC version here.
This is the teaser trailer for the Godzilla vs Kong movie out in MAY, 2021. The voiceover is a poem by UK poet W. B. Yeats called The Second Coming.
The poem is a truly horrifying reflection on WW1.
What would happen if a middle school student grew as much as GODZILLA!!!!!!
Might need bigger chairs at school!!!
The problem for the 2021 film Godzilla vs Kong is that Kong has never been as big as Godzilla even in the obscure 1962 Japanese movie King Kong vs Godzilla (below).
So either The Zilla will have to shrink or Kong will have to grow for the 2021 film. BUT HOW MUCH should Kong grow? Remember Kong was still a teenager in Kong Skull Island (2017) so he was still growing.
OR
Posted in GODZILLA vs KONG, Middle School, Rates, units length | Tagged 2021, bigger, Fun, Godzilla, grow, height, how big, how tall, King, Kong, Math, Middle school, movie, size, Winner | 2 Comments »
January 25, 2021
Post using USA UNITS here.
This is the teaser trailer for the Godzilla vs Kong movie out in MAY, 2021. The voiceover is a poem by UK poet W. B. Yeats called The Second Coming.
The poem is a truly horrifying reflection on WW1.
What would happen if a middle school student grew as much as GODZILLA!!!!!!
Might need bigger chairs at school!!!
The problem for the 2021 film Godzilla vs Kong is that Kong has never been as big as Godzilla even in the obscure 1962 Japanese movie King Kong vs Godzilla (below).
So either The Zilla will have to shrink or Kong will have to grow for the 2021 film. BUT HOW MUCH should Kong grow? Remember Kong was still a teenager in Kong Skull Island (2017) so he was still growing.
OR
Posted in GODZILLA vs KONG, Middle School, Rates, units length | Tagged 2021, big, bigger, Fun, Godzilla, grow, height, how big, how tall, King, Kong, Maths, Middle school, movie, Winner | 2 Comments »
January 1, 2021
Mathspig LOVES maths. However, 2020 was a year ruled by MATHS and Mathspig is happy to kiss it goodbye.
Here’s to a HAPPY MATHSY YEAR.
Posted in Factors, Middle School, Year 7 mathspig, Year 9 Mathspig | Tagged 2020, 2021, Factors, happy, ideas, Math, mathspig, middleschool, new, number, strange, year | Leave a Comment »
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