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Math buffs awed by Odd Day
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/lets-celebrate-odd-day_100189703.html ^ | May 8th, 2009 | staff reporter

Posted on 05/07/2009 2:03:07 PM PDT by Daffynition

An interesting and shall we say ‘odd’ excuse has been found for celebrating the seventh of may! The man to do so is none other than Ron Gordon, the founder of ’square root day’! Gordon is a math teacher from the Redwood City,California and has pointed out that today’s date, written in the American format, 5/7/09, is one among six in this century. Gordon finds the day a perfectly odd, excuse to celebrate the day with some odd celebration!

It is indeed an interesting numerical sequence, but Gordon is so excited that he is actually offering a prize of 5-7-9 dollars for the odd celebrator, one who celebrates the day most enthusiastically or one who gets the most number of people to celebrate it! The details may be found on their website. However the American format of writing the date (month-date-year)is not really popular all over the world.Mostly is is other way round (date-month-year). Even so who would want to lose the opportunity of doing something odd when the prize for the contest winner is 579 dollars! Number lovers at least will surely agree.

Gordon says that’ The previous stretch of six dates like this started with 1/3/1905 - 13 months after the Wright Brothers’ flight.’ Gordon has invented, so may we say the square root day which is 3/3/09. Its not such a bad idea it seems, to do something queer like this, celebrate an odd day with the perfect oddness possible!


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: math; odd; oddday; sietedemayo
Oddday.net


1 posted on 05/07/2009 2:03:07 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition; Revolting cat!

Every King has his Ade...

2 posted on 05/07/2009 2:07:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (If Liberals are so upset over torture, why did they mock John McCains stiff arms during the campaign)
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To: Daffynition
Does this mean the Mother Ship is landing?


3 posted on 05/07/2009 2:12:13 PM PDT by Ditto
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To: Daffynition
It would be a fine day to have one of these:

Magic Hat Odd Notion

...with this fellow...

Odd Job


4 posted on 05/07/2009 2:15:50 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: a fool in paradise

>> Gordon is a math teacher from the Redwood City,California and has pointed out that today’s date, written in the American format, 5/7/09, is one among six in this century.<<

It’s among six WHATS this century?

>> Gordon finds the day a perfectly odd, excuse to celebrate the day with some odd celebration! <<

A perfectly odd WHAT?

Why isn’t 5/7/11 perfectly odd? or 5/7/13? Or 5/9/13? or 5/11/13?


5 posted on 05/07/2009 2:16:28 PM PDT by dangus
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6 posted on 05/07/2009 2:18:47 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Daffynition

Big deal. Five out of four kids can’t do math. They kan’t spel, ether.


7 posted on 05/07/2009 2:23:09 PM PDT by hsrazorback1 (Seek truth.)
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To: dangus

I think they have to be in sequential order, i.e., 1/3/05, 3/5/07/, 5/7/09,...11/13/15. Sadly, when written out without the slashes, none of these are prime. Now that would have been something to celebrate!


8 posted on 05/07/2009 2:44:11 PM PDT by sima_yi ( Palin / Jindal 2012)
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To: Constitution Day
Who is Joe? .....and why would he do this?


9 posted on 05/07/2009 2:49:27 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: a fool in paradise

10 posted on 05/07/2009 2:52:10 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: Ditto
It landed and then took off without us Ditto ........;-(


11 posted on 05/07/2009 2:53:38 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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12 posted on 05/07/2009 2:55:04 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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13 posted on 05/07/2009 2:56:52 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: Daffynition

“Odd Day”? “Prime Day” would be cooler (if math can be cool).


14 posted on 05/07/2009 2:59:57 PM PDT by x
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To: Daffynition

15 posted on 05/07/2009 3:09:25 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: x

That has past ... Saturday, 25th April 2009, was a prime number day. [Saturday, 25/4/09 or 5²/2²/3²]


16 posted on 05/07/2009 3:28:24 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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17 posted on 05/07/2009 3:30:05 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: Ditto
Does this mean the Mother Ship is landing?

It means the Mother Ship ain't never coming back.

18 posted on 05/07/2009 3:40:32 PM PDT by savedbygrace (You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
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To: sima_yi

15/17/19, 17/19/21... there are 47 of those, not 6.


19 posted on 05/07/2009 5:37:13 PM PDT by dangus
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To: savedbygrace

LOL. I was only average at math. Thanks for solving that equation. :~))


20 posted on 05/07/2009 7:12:56 PM PDT by Ditto
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