Big brain and not paid enough?

Maths is poo.


Oh yes.

Obviously I know "we" need maths for things like building aircraft, making TeeVee work and even the interweb which I understand is something to do with numbers behind the scenes. I feel that numberish types are best locked away in rooms where their propellers have free movement and they can do their mathsy thing to their hearts content. Just keep the porn online and make sure the phones work, OK Poindexter!

To be honest I think StarTrek has a lot to answer for in terms of expectations set. After all where are the transporters, holodecks and replicators eh eh... If your so bloody good at maths get it bloody sorted, for gods sake I'm still typing, with my fingers, it's like the dark ages FFS.

All these underpaid genii need to pull their bloody fingers out and get these simple tasks sorted. I reckon mathematicians are worse than lawyers, banging on about Pi this and fractals that, don't get me any closer to beaming a cold beer into my holodeck full of Scandinavian nubiles does it.
 
Joolsburger said:
To be honest I think StarTrek has a lot to answer for in terms of expectations set. After all where are the transporters, holodecks and replicators eh eh... If your so bloody good at maths get it bloody sorted, for gods sake I'm still typing, with my fingers it's like the dark ages FFS.
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Indeed. Even a personalised jetpack would be a start.
 
I think it's time to dust off those old tapes of Tomorrow's World to check just how many promises the mathematicians and scientists have broken.
 
Paul Ranson said:
7 is the easy one because it's obviously primes.
6 is multiples of 7.
5 is powers of 2 less 1. As is 10.

Paul
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Yep, pretty easy if you're looking for it :o

I think you've given the answers for 1,2,3 and 5,6,7

With 4 it's the bottom number is x4 of the above number, then x6, then?, then x10 and x12... so the ? below 8, must be x6, which is 48


With number 8, it's that the numbers are double of the number two to their left. So, the ? must be 10x2 and therefor 20

9: The pattern is half, then x3
24 (/2) 12 (x3) 36 (/2) 18 (x3) 54 (/2) 27 (x3) 81

10: The number is (x4) then +3
So the ? is 63 (x4)+3 which is 255

And now I must run along to do my part time MOnkey work!

YAY!
 
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63 x 3 +3 isn't 255.

I see it as powers of four less one,

4-1, 16-1, 64-1, 256-1, 1024-1 etc.

In this case the available answers make it easier since the only power of two less one available is 255. Sticking a 511 in there would have made it trickier.

Paul
 
Paul Ranson said:
63 x 3 +3 isn't 255.

I see it as powers of four less one,

4-1, 16-1, 64-1, 256-1, 1024-1 etc.

In this case the available answers make it easier since the only power of two less one available is 255. Sticking a 511 in there would have made it trickier.

Paul
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oops, meant x4 +3

3 (x4)+3 = 15
15 (x4)+3 = 63
63 (x4)+3 = 255
255 (x4)+3 = 1023

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MO! said:
oops, meant x4 +3

3 (x4)+3 = 15
15 (x4)+3 = 63
63 (x4)+3 = 255
255 (x4)+3 = 1023

original post edited.
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That's what I figured it as too. I scored 23, but I lost two on the 3D shapes. I answered on the basis the perspective was intended to look the way it did but it turns out they had dodgy perspective. So apparently even at >£1M per annum I'm still underpaid :)
 
I lost my couple out on the 3d shapes too - though I have hayfever so my spatial abilities are shot to hell :P I keep walking into things :(
 
Anex said:
Lazy isn't quite right imo, its more things aren't worth the effort if they don't present any kind of challenge. If you find them the right thing to do I bet they wouldn't be lazy anymore.
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This is so true of my job :)

Lamboy - easy :) T = inTuitive. Though tw*t'd be probably more accurate...

EDIT: Maths SUCKS. I find it dull and boring - computers were invented for a reason. ..unless you're using a Pentium P60/66 mk1, you can be reasonably sure the results from a computer will be correct every time as well, unless your name is Carol Vodafone of course...
 

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