DATA A DAY
Math majors in the Senate?

IT’S A PERSISTENT (and sometimes) irritating joke that many mediamen took up journalism because they wanted to avoid math. Of course, many of them learn on the job that math, like death, taxes, and cranky editors, is ultimately unavoidable.

But what about the Senate, where legislators deal with issues such as budgets, taxes, pork barrels, and, uhm, Christmas bonuses?

For today’s Data a Day, the question is:

Who among the incoming senators of the 16th Congress was a Math major?

1. Sonny Angara

2. Koko Pimentel

3. Cynthia Villar

4. Ralph Recto

The answer would probably surprise you. To check out the answer, go to the MoneyPolitics database website, or simply click here.