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The first math test was created by an enemy. Education has always been suspicious.

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No first math test is recorded. Ancient Babylonian and Egyptian students practiced problems on tablets and papyrus, and testing through civil exams developed in China.

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“Mean, median, mode” were invented to give data three personalities.The concept of “limit” was invented to stop functions from doing the most. Spoiler: they still do.Fractions were created to make sharing pizza emotionally complicated.The number 10 became popular because humans like round numbers and round excuses.The symbol π was chosen because math wanted a logo. Branding matters.The equals sign was created to stop arguments. It failed, but it looks confident.See all Rude Numbers facts →

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