## Chinese Lucky Numbers – Numberphile

8 and 6 are lucky but 4 is unlucky… if you’re Chinese!

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## Math Joke from China

Translation：

After class, Xiaogang asks Xiaodong what is the Math homework for today. Xiaodong replied, “The integer solutions of

$\displaystyle \frac{x-2}{2}+3\geq x+1$

$1-3(x-1)<8-x$

are the question numbers of the Math Homework that are due.”

A Netizen posted: “If I had such a classmate, I would say, “Sorry I don’t know you, bye””

（10 分）放学时，小刚问小东今天数学作业是哪儿题，小东回答说：“不等式组

$\displaystyle \frac{x-2}{2}+3\geq x+1$

$1-3(x-1)<8-x$