Thursday, July 07, 2022

Try these

What are these?
  1. Cosine
  2. Hypotenuse
  3. Vinculum
  4. Addend
  5. Factorial
  6. Logarithm
  7. Irrational number

9 comments:

  1. 1. Matrimonial status of Figaro - Cosine fan tuti
    2. Longest side of right-angle triangle.
    3. Song lyric - verniculee verniculah verniculum?
    4. Missing um
    6. Wot maths teacher told us to use to simplify calculations or sumsuch sums.
    7. Mothers-in-law.

    I'll be off the meds soon.....😇

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  2. 1. function of an angle in a right angled triangle - opposite side divided by hypotenuse
    2. hypotenuse - longest side of a right angled triangle
    3. a bar?
    4. numbers to be added in a sum?
    5. the product of an integer multiplied by every integer between it and 1
    6. the exponent of a number relative to a base e.g. log to base 10 or base e
    7. a number which cannot be expressed as a fraction

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    1. Ian knows his Maths. PD gets the special mention with n1.

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    2. Robbo:
      3. The horizontal line between the numerator and denominator of a fraction

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  3. they started coming back to me as I wrote them down, but I do like PDs nos 4 and 7 - much better, and I can't think of anything for 3!

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    1. But isn't your answer to #1 the sine. Or is my memory going?

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    2. Cosine is hippo to adjacent, yes, sine is opposite, you are quite right and yes ... your memory and mine may both be going.

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    3. Mine too, I've only just recognised it!

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  4. Hypotenuse - the side opposite the right angle.

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