Road Sign Math

Blind Melon wrote their song about 3 but I think that 9 is a much more deserving number.
This road sign was submitted by an amazing road sign enthusiast from Kentucky. H. B. has a great website featuring many road signs. This sign is a really nice winner.

The math on this sign is so elegant. It [...]

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You’ve been looking for signs obsessively. You occassionally have to stop and review the possibilities just to make sure you dont pass up a mathematically significant road sign. You can now share your excitement about Road Sign Math with friends and family with these stylish items from the Road Sign Math store!
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Road Sign Math is a particularly difficult game to play with signs that have only two numbers (remember, by the rules in mileage signs you are not allowed to use any road numbers, only distance indicators). The lack of a third (or more) number requires you to use math functions that requires only a [...]

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The inaugural sign for Road Sign Math! This sign is interesting because it takes three numbers from three different sources. The exit number, the road number and the distance.

The math is very simple. (Remember the rules, in signs like this we can omit the “W“ on the road number 36!)
36 - 35 = 1
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Have a road trip coming up? Want hours of entertainment on that boring drive along the interstate? Try Road Sign Math!
Check out the history of Road Sign Math, read up on the rules and then submit your own signs to share with other math fans. If you have your own website, how about linking [...]

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