Road Sign Math

It seems very common to find math in road signs that are around colleges and universities. Mayville State University didn’t want to be left out and put the hint directly on the off-ramp as you head towards the city of Mayville. Mayville and Portland are interesting towns, if not a bit presumptuous. A visit [...]

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After driving for hours in North Dakota with little success in finding mathematically significant roadsigns I stumbled upon these little signs along the side of the road. They are interesting because they are placed by the highway department, but they appear to be house numbers. While cruising down US-2, after figuring these signs out, [...]

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North Dakota is the home of the founder of Road Sign Math. It is with great pleasure, and difficulty, that North Dakota makes it’s debut with a mathematically significant roadsign. After driving for nearly one thousand miles through North Dakota and not seeing a single sign that had a mathematical relationship it was a delight [...]

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