{"id":208,"date":"2019-06-26T23:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funfacts.104.42.120.246.xip.io\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2019-12-03T22:21:49","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T22:21:49","slug":"math-limerick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/math-limerick\/","title":{"rendered":"Math Limerick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Question: Why is this a mathematical limerick?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>( (12 + 144 + 20 + 3 Sqrt[4]) \/ 7 ) + 5*11 = 9<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;+ 0 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A dozen, a gross, and a score,&nbsp;<br>plus three times the square root of four,&nbsp;<br>divided by seven,&nbsp;<br>plus five times eleven,&nbsp;<br>is nine squared and not a bit more.&nbsp;<br><br>&#8212;Jon Saxton (math textbook author)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation\u00a0Suggestions:<\/strong><br>Challenge students to invent their own math\u00a0limerick!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The&nbsp;Math&nbsp;Behind&nbsp;the&nbsp;Fact:<\/strong><br>It is fun to mix mathematics with poetry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Cite this Page:<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Su, Francis E., et al. &#8220;Math Limerick.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Math Fun Facts<\/em>. &lt;http:\/\/www.math.hmc.edu\/funfacts&gt;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun Fact suggested by:   <\/strong><br>Francis Su<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Why is this a mathematical limerick? ( (12 + 144 + 20 + 3 Sqrt[4]) \/ 7 ) +&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[3,134,12],"class_list":["post-208","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-easy","tag-limericks","tag-other"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1523,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/1523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}