{"id":236,"date":"2019-06-26T23:07:55","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T23:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funfacts.104.42.120.246.xip.io\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2019-12-11T17:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:11:31","slug":"proof-with-words","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/proof-with-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof with Words"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"106\" data-attachment-id=\"1584\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/proof-with-words\/10002-8-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/10002.8.1.gif\" data-orig-size=\"368,106\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10002.8.1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/10002.8.1-300x86.gif\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/10002.8.1.gif\" src=\"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/12\/10002.8.1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1584\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n2 + 11 &#8211; 1 = 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figure 1 demonstrates a &#8220;proof with words&#8221;!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Presentation&nbsp;Suggestions:<\/strong><br>Write the letters for two and eleven side by side, then cross out the letters for one as you say them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The\u00a0Math\u00a0Behind\u00a0the\u00a0Fact:<\/strong><br>This short fun fact does not really involve any mathematics, but it is rather amusing. After this see also\u00a0Proofs Without Words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to Cite this Page:<\/strong><br>Su, Francis E., et al. &#8220;Proof with Words.&#8221;&nbsp;<em>Math Fun Facts<\/em>. &lt;http:\/\/www.math.hmc.edu\/funfacts&gt;.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fun Fact suggested by: &nbsp; <\/strong><br>Arthur Benjamin&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 + 11 &#8211; 1 = 12. Figure 1 demonstrates a &#8220;proof with words&#8221;! Presentation&nbsp;Suggestions:Write the letters for two and&#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":[153,3,14,12],"class_list":["post-236","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-arithmetic","tag-easy","tag-eleven","tag-other"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236","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=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1585,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions\/1585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/math.hmc.edu\/funfacts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}