Road Sign Math

David Slauenwhite found this great sign in downtown Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, ten miles from the Grand Canyon, not to be confused with the other Grand Canyon.

Mr. Slauenwhite applies two, huge factorials to make this sign work out. However, he takes a 50% scoring penalty by dividing the 660 by itself.
{{13!}\over{10!\times6}}+{660\over660}=287
This sign is found in downown [...]

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David Slauenwhite brings us a huge sign from Pennsylvania! This sign that is barely visible behind all the numbers presents a slew of opportunities. The scenic lumberyard in the background is Ron Baltzley Hardwoods, a member of the Northern Tier Hardwood Association.

Mr. Slauenwhite nails Euler to 4 decimal places on this sign! However, he [...]

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David Slauenwhite brings us this mathematically interesting sign from Mansfield, Pennsylvania.

The math here is nice, and not immediately obvious, but avoids some of the complexity that Mr. Slauenwhite is prone to use.
38 + 13 = 6 \times 6 + 15
This sign is located in Mansfield, Pennsylvania. See sign on map!

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David Slauenwhite wishes farewell to 2005 with this sign containing 2,005. He also returns to the complexity that he finds so fun and interesting, leaving the simple addition and multiplication of his recent winners at the rest stop for an adventure into familiar territory, at least for him!

The math on this sign required some [...]

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David Slauenwhite brings this mathematically significant road sign near the summit of Bloss Mountain in Pennsylvania. This sign brings a combination of different signs together along with some of Mr. Slauenwhite’s signature “little white signs”. There is a uniqueness to this sign as well since the segment numbers, which are indicated on those white [...]

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David Slauenwhite brings another “Little White Sign” to Road Sign Math. This one is from the far reaches of rural Pennsylvania and a little village called Covington. While the sign is little, the math certainly is not.

Slauenwhite introduces a new trigonometry function with this submission, secant, never before used in any sign.
2,022 + \sec [...]

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The father of the “little white sign” brings another one to Road Sign Math. David Slaeunwhite submits this sign from rural Pennsylvania that shows wonderful creativity as well as the native farming background of Pennsylvania.

Slauenwhite does something very creative in the math on this sign, and something that has never been done on Road [...]

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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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David Slauenwhite makes a return with another mathematically significant roadsign from Pennsylvania. That’s 13 signs for Pennsylvania now. This submission also marks the second using these odd little white signs that are found in Pennsylvania (see Little White Sign). These signs have the potential to bring very intersting math to the game.

The math here is [...]

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David Slauenwhite submits this very elegant pi sign from rural Pennsylvania. There isn’t much to be found on the Internet about Trout Run or the location that this sign was found, Steam Valley Mountain. That’s unfortunate because they have such great names. It seems like an ideal location to have wonderful childhood adventures. [...]

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