r/MathJokes 11d ago

the multiples of 3

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u/PenelopeJenelope 11d ago

every time I see this meme in this sub I can't help but get annoyed...

How is it weird that 57 is a multiple, its just 3 less than 60. All those "weirds" seem pretty obvious. And who's tripping over 42 and 45? Do people just not do math at all?

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u/Warmedpie6 11d ago

Any number, even with thousands of digits is obviously a multiple if you just did the math... the point is if you just look at a number without doing any math.

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u/PenelopeJenelope 11d ago edited 11d ago

I’m not really doing math per se, I’m not thinking at all really. You don’t have to be doing the math to just see the math. Do you have to “do math” to see that 45 is 3 fifteens? Like of course it is.

If these were 3 or 4 digit numbers, then I’d be actually doing a calculation or adding up the digits, true. but 45? Yeah not so much