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Baddies on a Budget: what is girl math?

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McKinzie Cusipag
Girl math, a term popularized on tiktok, refers to the logic behind spending money.
Sartell senior, Ashlyn Swanson practices girl math strategies while online shopping. (Kinzie Cusipag)

Math, or mathematics has been an important piece of human life for as long as we have been here. The first numerical symbols appeared in Egypt, dating back all the way to 3500 B.C.

Merriam Webster calls math “the science of numbers and their operations,” while some struggling students call it a waste of time, tears, and brain power.

Contrastingly, many professors, engineers, and accountants hold an unparalleled passion for it; finding peace in the way equations work themselves out into simplified explanations.

Girl math, is very loosely, if at all, related to the version of mathematics we practice on tear-stained worksheets on the kitchen counter (shoutout Dad!). Instead, girl math  is  sophisticated, feminine form of economics used by women of all ages.

It’s how we justify spending our money

— Hadley Monson

Urban Dictionary defines girl math as the logic used by the female population to rationalize why they are getting a pretty good deal as far as their time, money and convenience are concerned.

Sartell Senior, Elizabeth Jarnot worked on an intense girl math equation. (Kinzie Cusipag)

Advice from a girl math expert Kylie Weber

  1. When you have money in the Starbucks app and then you go to Starbucks, it’s free because it was already there.
  2. If you return something and receive store credit, anything you buy with it is free
  3. ALWAYS round down
  4. Anything you buy with cash doesn’t count- it’s free
  5. If you don’t buy anything one day, your budget doubles the next day.

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Kinzie Cusipag
Kinzie Cusipag, Journalist
Grade: Senior Activities: Dance team Hobbies: Spending time with friends and family, music, reading, and working at Hollister! Fav Drink Place: Starbucks Fav Food: Blueberry bagel with cream cheese