math poll 1/n 

Which of these fractions do you know the decimal equivalent of, without calculating?

(boosts for more representative samples appreciated!)

math poll 2/n 

Which of these decimals do you recognize as simple fractions?

math poll 3/n 

Which of these sums are AT LEAST one-half (1/2) ?

[(= 1/2) or (> 1/2)]

I'm not really sure what I'm hoping to prove to myself here, given that yall are mostly math/science/computer nerds & at serious risk of rolling dice with too many sides

today was, one of those days

math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

Which of these numbers could you describe/define in a sentence?

(Hint, since I don't think you can submit without selecting at least one box: The sentence could be something like "the circumference of a circle with diameter of length 1" or "seven divided by eleven")

re: math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

@octopus i'm not sure my vote for the third one really counts because the phrase would just be "the base of the natural logarithm" which is literally just the definition of it
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bonus round spoilers re: math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

@Felthry Our first thought was that the derivative of e^x is equal to e^x - it's very calculus but it's also where our head immediately goes with regard to it.

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re: bonus round spoilers re: math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

@packbat yeah that's a good definition of it (though there are two solutions to that, e = 2.718... and e = 0)
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cheerful and approving expression of joking frustration re: bonus round spoilers re: math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

@Felthry dammit! outwitted again! 😆

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re: cheerful and approving expression of joking frustration re: bonus round spoilers re: math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

@packbat to be perfectly clear it's arguably not a solution as 0⁰ is an indeterminate form
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re: cheerful and approving expression of joking frustration re: bonus round spoilers re: math poll 4/4 BONUS ROUND 

@Felthry true! still, though, if we were making a Matt Parker-style enthusiastic maths video, we'd want to bring it up

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