Skip to comments.
3/3/09: Math fans to celebrate Square Root Day
AP on Yahoo ^
| 3/2/09
| AP
Posted on 03/02/2009 7:29:04 PM PST by NormsRevenge
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Dust off the slide rules and recharge the calculators. Square Root Day is upon us.
The math-buffs' holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday — 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).
"These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day — and poof — they're gone," said Ron Gordon, a Redwood City teacher who started a contest meant to get people excited about the event.
The winner gets, of course, $339 for having the biggest Square Root Day event.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education
KEYWORDS: celebrate; math; mathfans; squareroot
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-28 last
To: NormsRevenge
21
posted on
03/02/2009 8:22:22 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
To: NormsRevenge
Personally my favorite time is 12:34
22
posted on
03/02/2009 8:31:00 PM PST
by
Jolla
To: Buck W.
12:34 5/6/78 now there was a moment
23
posted on
03/02/2009 8:33:46 PM PST
by
Jolla
To: digger48
Oh great.....I just wasted another 3.1419265 seconds of my life clicking on this thread.
No pi for you, digger48...
π = 3.14159265...
To: Richard Kimball
25
posted on
03/03/2009 1:31:58 AM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(COTUS 2A should be the USA's ONLY gun law.)
To: NormsRevenge
26
posted on
03/03/2009 3:08:46 AM PST
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: NormsRevenge
Sometimes card games are a party unto themselves.
.
27
posted on
03/03/2009 7:36:36 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(The sun glinted off chiseled pectorals sculpted during four weight-lifting sessions each week and...)
To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Math fans sure are geeks, eh? ;’)
355/113
28
posted on
03/03/2009 2:58:11 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-28 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
