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* VisualCalculus: projecting math over reality.

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* VisualCalculus: projecting Projecting math over reality.
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* VisualCalculus: projecting math over reality.
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* NumberObsession: A character is obsessed with numbers, numerical order, and/or counting.
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* OvenLogic: Someone thinks they can cook something faster by dividing the cooking time and proportionally multiplying the temperature of the oven. This usually results in smoke, fire, burned food, and more fire.
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Counting is "x + 1" over and over, that's math enough!

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* CalculusIsArcaneKnowledge: Calculus is used to show that a character is very intelligent.
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* SIPrefixName: Using SI prefixes to denote relative power.

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+ {{UsefulNotes/Mathematics}}

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* JarOfJellybeansContest: A contest focusing on counting or measuring to determine how much of an item is in a container.
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* FormulaForTheUnformulable: Someone tries to use numeric concepts to calculate the uncalculable.
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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers.





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* AlternativeNumberSystem
* AppliedMathematics
* CarryTheOne
* CountingToPotato
* EEqualsMcHammer
* EleventyZillion
* EverybodyHatesMathematics
* FirstContactMath
* FormulaicMagic
* GoodWithNumbers
* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect
* ILikeThoseOdds
* LudicrousPrecision
* MadMathematician
* MillionToOneChance
* {{Mismeasurement}}
* MisplacedADecimalPoint
* MouthfulOfPi
* NeverTellMeTheOdds
* PrescienceByAnalysis
* RebusBubble
* TrainProblem
* WritersCannotDoMath

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* AlternativeNumberSystem
AlternativeNumberSystem: A numerical system where the "base" isn't ten.
* AppliedMathematics
AppliedMathematics: Using math symbols to mix real-world things.
* CarryTheOne
CarryTheOne: Somebody is good at doing equations, but forgets to carry a number (usually a one).
* CountingToPotato
CountingToPotato: Someone is counting or spelling but replaces a number or letter with a different one or a word.
* EEqualsMcHammer
EEqualsMcHammer: Nonsensical equations.
* EleventyZillion
EleventyZillion: Made-up numbers.
* EverybodyHatesMathematics
EverybodyHatesMathematics: All the main characters hate doing math.
* FirstContactMath
FirstContactMath: When [[FirstContact meeting aliens for the first time]], using math to see if they're intelligent and (hopefully) communicate.
* FormulaicMagic
FormulaicMagic: Math is magical.
* GoodWithNumbers
GoodWithNumbers: Someone has a knack for math.
* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect
IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect: Intellectuals who talk about their "calculations" a lot.
* ILikeThoseOdds
ILikeThoseOdds: Odds are not in someone's favor but they state (either snarkily or genuinely) that they like them.
* LudicrousPrecision
LudicrousPrecision: People who are Good with Numbers can calculate down to the last decimal.
* MadMathematician
MadMathematician: Somebody is both Good with Numbers and insane.
* MillionToOneChance
MillionToOneChance: Unlikely things will almost definitely happen.
* {{Mismeasurement}}
{{Mismeasurement}}: Someone measures something incorrectly.
* MisplacedADecimalPoint
MisplacedADecimalPoint: Somebody is meant to be Good with Numbers, but they misplace a decimal point in an equation.
* MouthfulOfPi
MouthfulOfPi: Geniuses can recite pi to a ludicrous number of places.
* NeverTellMeTheOdds
NeverTellMeTheOdds: A character gets told that the odds are not in their favor. They reject it and beat those unlikely odds.
* PrescienceByAnalysis
PrescienceByAnalysis: Someone can calculate so well that they're almost psychic.
* RebusBubble
RebusBubble: Applied Mathematics in a thought bubble.
* TrainProblem
TrainProblem: A mathematical "word problem" involving two trains.
* WritersCannotDoMathWritersCannotDoMath: A PlotHole that comes from a mathematical error.

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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. See also [[Trivia/{{Math}} Math Trivia]].

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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. See also [[Trivia/{{Math}} Math Trivia]].
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* TrainProblem

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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. Not to be confused with doing [[{{JustForFun/Troperithmetic}} math with tropes]].

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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. See also [[Trivia/{{Math}} Math Trivia]].

Not to be confused with doing [[{{JustForFun/Troperithmetic}} math with tropes]].tropes]].
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* PrescienceByAnalysis
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* FormulaicMagic
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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. Not to be confused with doing [[JustForFun/Troperithmetic math with tropes]]

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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. Not to be confused with doing [[JustForFun/Troperithmetic [[{{JustForFun/Troperithmetic}} math with tropes]]tropes]].
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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers.

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Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers. Not to be confused with doing [[JustForFun/Troperithmetic math with tropes]]
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* RebusBubble
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* CountingToPotato
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Tropes relating to how mathematicians and [UsefulNotes/{{mathematics}} their craft]] are depicted in the media.

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Tropes relating to how mathematicians and [UsefulNotes/{{mathematics}} [[UsefulNotes/{{mathematics}} their craft]] are depicted in the media.
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Tropes relating to how mathematicians and [UsefulNotes/{{mathematics}} their craft]] are depicted in the media.

Compare NumberTropes, which refer to specific numbers.
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* AlternativeNumberSystem
* CarryTheOne
* EEqualsMcHammer
* EleventyZillion
* EverybodyHatesMathematics
* FirstContactMath
* GoodWithNumbers
* IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect
* ILikeThoseOdds
* LudicrousPrecision
* MadMathematician
* MillionToOneChance
* {{Mismeasurement}}
* MisplacedADecimalPoint
* MouthfulOfPi
* NeverTellMeTheOdds
* WritersCannotDoMath
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