as funny as the whole premise is, it *is* sad that so people have this attitude towards math…
powers of 10
I’ve always loved this short video. I remember watching it for the first time in junior high, I think, and being completely blown away by “the powers of 10.”
harper’s index for october
number of escort services and mcdonald’s restaurants, respectively, in washington d.c.: 26, 23 percentage change in the average amount of food a person will consume when eating with one other person: +35 percentage change with four or seven others, respectively:
bottled water statistics
estimated amount of oil used to make the bottled-water containers sold in the U.S. in 2006: 16 million barrels ratio of water use to make the containers cs the amount of bottle water consumed: 2 to 1 source: harper’s index,
america, land of cheap gas!
next time you hear someone complain about the price of gas, maybe you should point out that the u.s. has some of the cheapest gas in the world. maybe if more people focused on being more efficient with our gas