A math riddle was posted on Twitter by Chad Topaz on October 6, 2020:
Q: What do baby mathematicians drink?
A: Formula.
“What do you feed a baby parabola?"/"Quadratic formula” is an older form of the riddle.
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Chad Topaz
@chadtopaz
Possibly the proudest moment of my life today when my daughter asked me “what do baby mathematicians drink” and then looked at my blank stare and then answered “formula.”
3:08 PM · Oct 6, 2020·Twitter Web App
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Gashau October 8, 2020
What do baby mathematicians drink?
Formula
Twitter
Tom Osborn, PhD, FRSA.
@call_me_tomasso
Dad’s Baby and Maths joke:
What do baby mathematicians drink?
Formula.
9:05 AM · Oct 8, 2020·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Gaurav Dalmia
@gdalmiathinks
Question: “What do baby mathematicians drink?”
Answer: “Formula!”
9:39 AM · Oct 8, 2020 from New Delhi, India·Twitter for Android
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Lobisa Goitsimang Mahlangu
October 8, 2020 ·
What do baby mathematicians drink?
Formula
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