Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for January 11, 1991
Transcript:
Nate: Dad, what's the difference between "radius, diameter and circumference?" Dad: Well, let's see...radius is the distance across...no, wait a minute...say you have a circle and you...or would it be a sphere? Ok, let's say you're in the middle of a circle...the diameter is the length...no, hold it. Nate: I'll just go stand in the street...maybe some passing motorist can help me.
The#1BoiseStateFan over 10 years ago
I’m sure Nate would be taller than the motorist, with how TALL he is
Matchip19 over 10 years ago
Ha Ha “Hey completly random strangers! What’s the differece between Radius, Diameter, and Circumfrance?”
gocomics over 10 years ago
High school math: you’ll never use it!
DrewGamer58 over 10 years ago
is it just me, or does Nate shrink? AND WHY DOES HE CARE ABOUT HOMEWORK?
dchur123 about 10 years ago
I don’t understand this comic
Tater about 10 years ago
I don’t get this one.
T.A.S.K Master over 9 years ago
Diameter is the full length across a circleRadius is half the diameterAnd as for the circumference, I was out that day.
technicalzombie100 over 9 years ago
Burn!
RerunsforeveryoneCB over 9 years ago
I don’t even know this
MobTron8888 over 9 years ago
I’ve heard of Radius, Diameter, and Circumference before, but I don’t actually know what it means. :P.
Mike789 over 8 years ago
this is depressing
Godfrey's sugar daddy 69 almost 8 years ago
The motorists would kidnap him
InvincibleGaming almost 8 years ago
What does this mean?
Professor W over 7 years ago
Marty doesn’t know this at age 46.
ImTheRealDirtyDan about 7 years ago
Nate, while your out there steal a wheel to use the math on!
DM9001 about 7 years ago
A radius is a length of a circle from the edge to the center, a diameter is the distance of a circle from one edge to the opposing edge, and a circumference is the length of the edge of the circle.
King0P11 almost 7 years ago
worst dad ever
King0P11 almost 7 years ago
why couldn’t his mom be in the strip
GirlMagikzYeh☺ almost 7 years ago
NATE! NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! R.I.P. Nate Wright
Hockey17 over 6 years ago
To be fair, Marty hasn’t been in middle school for a long time.
Max Browne over 6 years ago
Great idea, Nate! (lol)
rossisawsome about 6 years ago
ffffffffffffffffffff
SonicFan91 over 5 years ago
It’s my last day of summer vacation. I don’t deserve this
nickdagamerandeverythingelse about 5 years ago
Dad’s eyes
Floofy dogger over 4 years ago
Vote dogger 2020
PBS1! about 4 years ago
In regards to the dad’s reaction in the last panel, I don’t know whether to be amused or frightened
Levii. about 4 years ago
6
CarolineKhan1 almost 4 years ago
am i the only one who notices how nate walks? like on his heels? also why is he so TALL? and WHY DOES HE CARE AT ALL ABOUT HOMEWORK???
TheJustinator almost 4 years ago
Nate’s planning to get run over by a car, similar to how he says “Kill me now.”
Arcery almost 4 years ago
ouch Nate’s dad looks so traumatized in the last panel
Yashi almost 4 years ago
Yikes
mendedpunk333 over 3 years ago
big nate then looks eerily tall…
Lol'dVoldemort over 3 years ago
and math claims another victim
Commenter8888 about 3 years ago
That was kind of savage.
zhongwuyou51 about 3 years ago
Nate not understanding what they mean is kinda sad, but Marty not understanding what they mean is depressing. I learned those in grade 3!
CorianMcDade about 3 years ago
this story is busin
SpongeBob (Founder of The Spongebob Club) almost 3 years ago
Big Nate In: The Radius of a Diameter!
Mario Kart over 2 years ago
The radius is the length from the middle to the edge, the diameter is from one side to another, and the circumference is the length of the edge.
emmett hd over 2 years ago
Did he go to school?
. over 2 years ago
He’s dumb
kwblazek-16 over 2 years ago
OMG why bro WHY PEIRCE IDK THIS STUUUUFFF
Little Nate over 2 years ago
Circumference is the outside of a circle, basically just the circle itself. Diameter would be like drawing a line through the circle, making the circle have two halves. Radius is like drawing a line through a circle but stopping halfway, basically just half of the diameter.
LHGG SigmaKiller about 2 years ago
We just went over this but uhhhhh I H A V E NO STINKIN IDEA!!! 9/10
SpongebobLover over 1 year ago
omg nate might get run over lol
SpongebobLover over 1 year ago
this is a good comic
Just Peachy! over 1 year ago
I doubt anyone would read this because the comments are not sorted by the newest first. If I can recall, diameter is the measurement across a circle, the radius is half of a diameter and a circumference is the measurement of the whole circle
balony over 1 year ago
Ya, me to, I don’t understand this comic
3ND3RB0Z0 over 1 year ago
The radius and diameter are straight lines while the circumference is a closed curve. The diameter is twice the radius. The circumference is 2π times the radius of the circle or π times the diameter of the circle.
copy and pasted from google
Big Nate Grader about 1 year ago
D-. Nate, Are You CRAZY!?? Why the hell would you “Stand in the street”?!
Nate Wright (In pain) 9 months ago
7/10 mean humor
twinleaf 24 days ago
tbh nate’s dad is not the smartest