Don't lots of people hate how they were taught math in school though? What I'm fascinated by is this brain teaser meme-y format gets a lot of engagement, even from people who might say they "hate math".
On top of that is the fact that a lot of the meme-teasers I see usually involve the use of variables, but obfuscated behind a pattern in imagery (i.e. a plant having 3 leaves is 3 times the plant's value, 2 leaves is 2 x plant). I feel like if the same problem was presented but with regular coefficients and variables, it'd turn people off quicker, despite being more explicit.
Even more beyond that is sometimes the meme problems are straight up systems of equations. I've met plenty of people who are afraid of writing out x in favor of a number because for them a variable is visually intimidating. If you were to hand those people 3 equations with 3 unknowns and ask them to solve the unknowns? They'd probably pass out. But hand them a meme with no reward other than maybe some social recognition, and no risk from failure? Suddenly they might engage themselves. Education is wack.
masking a diophantine equation with fruit instead of variables is god-tier trolling
what is it about pictures that make math seem so much more innocuous? those shitty facebook pages that post brainteasers which look like these?
diophantine equation
neat, I wish I had gone further with math
watch math videos on youtube there are loads of good ones
Because thats how people were taught math in grade school. Johnny had 3 apples then added...
Don't lots of people hate how they were taught math in school though? What I'm fascinated by is this brain teaser meme-y format gets a lot of engagement, even from people who might say they "hate math".
On top of that is the fact that a lot of the meme-teasers I see usually involve the use of variables, but obfuscated behind a pattern in imagery (i.e. a plant having 3 leaves is 3 times the plant's value, 2 leaves is 2 x plant). I feel like if the same problem was presented but with regular coefficients and variables, it'd turn people off quicker, despite being more explicit.
Even more beyond that is sometimes the meme problems are straight up systems of equations. I've met plenty of people who are afraid of writing out x in favor of a number because for them a variable is visually intimidating. If you were to hand those people 3 equations with 3 unknowns and ask them to solve the unknowns? They'd probably pass out. But hand them a meme with no reward other than maybe some social recognition, and no risk from failure? Suddenly they might engage themselves. Education is wack.