Monday, 27 November 2017

Poetry in Math

My niece, Heather presented me with a math equation recently, which she had found and thought was rather fun.

Here it is:

[12 + 144 + 20 +  (3 x square root of 4)] / 7 + 5 x 11 = 9 squared + 0.

It does equate - both sides are 81.

You probably know that 12 is a dozen; But here are a couple of others:  144 is a gross; 20 is a score.

And so, if we put math into verse, we get:

A dozen, a gross and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
is nine squared and not a bit more!

Math in Limerick form.    Thank you Heather!