Mathematically, how do you work out 'three quarter pace"?
Let's say (for the sake of easy calculations) your best time for an event is 1 minute. In practice, you want to go three quarter pace. So a 100% effort will result in a time of 60 seconds. A 75% effort should result in a longer time. My rudimentary maths tells me I should divide 100 by 75 and multiply the result by 60. That works out to 80 seconds, which is a minute and 20 seconds. Why does that sound much slower than what I would normally envisage three quarter pace to be? Or is my maths completely messed up?
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He brought his maths home.
Maths is his favorite subject.
His maths is improving.
He buys his maths supplies from the local maths supply warehouse, Maths Is Us. A rival chain, Maths R Us, was so roundly ridiculed by Europeans that it had no choice but to shut down. The former manager is in hospital.
I used to have a head for maths, but of late maths is flying out my ears. Wait, that is impossible. Maths is flying out one of my ears.
If a maths is cut in half and each piece regenerates, are you left with two mathses?
And so wiles away the waning hours of a long day spent looking at the maths in my checkbook. Given the negative numbers featured therein, the plural implications of "maths" seem particular cruel to me now. But perhaps I am being overly sensitive.
Perhaps some warm milk and a biscuit and bed, that's the ticket.
Ha! Ha! Very funny, Jim. Where I learnt my English, the subject is called Mathematics (One would think 'maths' would be the obvious short form, but apparently not). Indeed, the North American rendering of Math has always seemed strange to us. (But in deference to you all, you will notice I included 'math' in the thread title). I somehow slipped up when writing the thread. Apologies!
I was also taught that gas is actually petrol, colour is spelled with a 'u', the trunk of a car is a 'boot' and the hood a 'bonnet'. My teacher did say, however, that to refer to someone as 'a FRUIT CAKE', has nothing to do with their propensity for eating the stuff.
..the plural implications of "maths" seem particular cruel to me nowYou're particular funny! :bolt:
fondly,
Syd
He brought his maths home.
Maths is his favorite subject.
His maths is improving.
He buys his maths supplies from the local maths supply warehouse, Maths Is Us. A rival chain, Maths R Us, was so roundly ridiculed by Europeans that it had no choice but to shut down. The former manager is in hospital.
I used to have a head for maths, but of late maths is flying out my ears. Wait, that is impossible. Maths is flying out one of my ears.
If a maths is cut in half and each piece regenerates, are you left with two mathses?
And so wiles away the waning hours of a long day spent looking at the maths in my checkbook. Given the negative numbers featured therein, the plural implications of "maths" seem particular cruel to me now. But perhaps I am being overly sensitive.
Perhaps some warm milk and a biscuit and bed, that's the ticket.
Ha! Ha! Very funny, Jim. Where I learnt my English, the subject is called Mathematics (One would think 'maths' would be the obvious short form, but apparently not). Indeed, the North American rendering of Math has always seemed strange to us. (But in deference to you all, you will notice I included 'math' in the thread title). I somehow slipped up when writing the thread. Apologies!
I was also taught that gas is actually petrol, colour is spelled with a 'u', the trunk of a car is a 'boot' and the hood a 'bonnet'. My teacher did say, however, that to refer to someone as 'a FRUIT CAKE', has nothing to do with their propensity for eating the stuff.
..the plural implications of "maths" seem particular cruel to me nowYou're particular funny! :bolt:
fondly,
Syd
