Road Sign Math

This truly whacky sign comes to us from the “father of whacky signs”, David Slauenwhite. Messr. Slauenwhite was the first to bring constants to Road Sign Math, and the first to bring trigonometry and he returns with this zinger of a sign.
At first glance David was excited to see this sign, thinking that [...]

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In the eight months since Road Sign Math was launced we have seen tremendous results. And along with those results, we’ve found some revisions necessary to the original rules that were established. As new signs come in, and as we refine our thinking, we modify and shape the game for the constantly changing landscape [...]

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Randy Weiss puts another one on the board for Massachusetts, now totaling 10 winning signs. His quest? To step in front of Pennsylvania, and he is only three away from matching Penn’s amazing 13 signs. This sign just oozes New England — Lexington, Concord, Cambridge.

Great math on this sign, some quick addition and mental [...]

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Randy Weiss puts another one on the board for Massachusetts. This sign is luring mathematically inclined people to the beautiful town of Provincetown.

Some very nice math here, bringing together a road identifier, exit marker and distance.
2 \times 3 = 6
This sign is found on route 25 eastbound, just a few clicks before you cross [...]

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Randy Weiss continues his quest to put Massachusetts on the top of the hill for mathematically significant roadsigns with the wonderful Quincy sign found just north of Boston. This sign is just so simple and straightforward. Dare I say it? Elegant?

The math in this sign uses the square root operator, one of only a [...]

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Dave Oosterhuis contributes this sign pair from Davenport, Iowa. It seems to be a fairly common practice for a math loving city to put multiple road signs on the freeways that show similar mathematical relationships (see Welcome To Omaha and Welcome to Albuquerque). Davenport joins in the fun but adds a little sprinkle of [...]

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Dave Oosterhuis and his wife Phoebe continue their journey to Iowa City for homecoming weekend and along the way come across more mathematically significant roadsigns. This time they found math in the sign notifying them of the 137 households of Brandon, Iowa.
This sign has an unmistakeable similarity to Three Types, the very first sign [...]

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This week on Road Sign Math continues to be brought to you by Dave Oosterhuis and his wife Phoebe. This sign brings us closer to their final destination as they cross into Iowa, as it points the way to a rather interesting set of cities. New Hampton sounds like a place where you could get [...]

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Dave Oosterhuis and his wife Phoebe captured this sign on a recent trip to Iowa City for homecoming. Dave would like to express excitement for the event with a splendid “Go Hawks“. It excites me greatly though that another couple are sharing in the enjoyment of hunting mathematicaly signficant roadsigns. As the old [...]

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Randy Weiss submits this sign from Arlington, Massachusetts. He is on the hunt to overtake Pennsylvania and it’s 13 signs. This sign takes Massachusetts to 7, still 6 shy of Pennsylvania. This sign holds a historical claim as well residing directly on the path that Paul Revere rode on that famous evening.

The math on this [...]

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