Peanuts by Charles Schulz for December 04, 2015

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    Linux0s  over 8 years ago

    I don’t think her education was exactly setting any records.

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    knight1192a  over 8 years ago

    I don’t remember if I ever had to do this kind of word problem. If I did I probably blotted out the nightmare.

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    awgiedawgie Premium Member over 8 years ago

    140 miles, Patty.

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    tdtannehill  over 8 years ago

    140?

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    bdviets  over 8 years ago

    A to B=140, B to C=130, C to D=120

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    jackhs  over 8 years ago

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    bdviets  over 8 years ago

    X+X+10+X+20=3903X+30=3903X=360X=120

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    orinoco womble  over 8 years ago

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHH!

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    josh_bisbee  over 8 years ago

    That looked more like a logic problem than a math problem.

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    cygnustigris  over 8 years ago

    Who’s that other kid?

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    Egrayjames  over 8 years ago

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    dlkrueger33  over 8 years ago

    Patty, I feel your pain. This is when I lost my way too.

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    Wren Fahel  over 8 years ago

    My younger daughter, at 10, is better at math word problems than I could ever have dreamed of being. I’m excellent at math; just not word problems.

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    uniquename  over 8 years ago

    I always loved that Schulz gave problems that could actually be solved in his strips.

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    ravandervelde  over 8 years ago

    a b c d-———390————|—-x—-|—y—|—z—-|

    x = y + 10y = z + 10 —→ z = y – 10x + y + z = 390

    y + 10 + y + y -10 = 3903y = 390

    x = 140y = 130z = 120

    AB = 140, BC = 130, CD =120

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    Darryl Heine  over 8 years ago

    “ZZZZZZZZ – I’M AWAKE!”

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    Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 8 years ago

    Roy looked odd without his camp hat on. Wonder if he was related to Dagwood.

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    William Bednar Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Since I decided not to drive, the distance is zero!

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    Diane Lee Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I don’t mind this type of question. It might actually have some practical application in life. I hated the ones where I had to keep finding X. If they kept losing it, it’s their responsibility to find it.

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    shamino  over 8 years ago

    An easy problem if you know algebra. A nightmare if you don’t. I remember getting questions like this in the second grade, where they’re full-on nightmare. Fortunately, my teacher made them optional, but they were still in the book.

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    ltrytten Premium Member over 8 years ago

    140 miles

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    Constantinepaleologos  over 8 years ago

    Sounds like a case for Tracer Bullet.

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    Greg Johnston  over 8 years ago

    120 is the C to D distance. A to B is 20 miles longer, therefore 140 miles. Solving for the CD distance is necessary, since the other distances were expressed in relation to it, but if you stop at that you make a common mistake, doing the bulk of the work nessary to solve, but quitting before answering the question that was asked.

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    JanLC  over 8 years ago

    Solving for X is good, but it isn’t the complete problem. You all stopped at the distance between C & D. You did not go on to answer the original question which is the distance between A & B. 140 is correct.

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    summerdog86  over 8 years ago

    Those kind of math questions in class, I just took the “zero” on every time. They scared me… Usually they involved trains, though.

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    UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 8 years ago

    I did all the “math” and ended up where I started… nowhere.

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    MEPace  over 8 years ago

    If I’m driving from town A to town D why am I going through town B first? Shouldn’t I be going through town A first?

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    dflak  over 8 years ago

    I wondered why my word problems started out with “A train leaves Penn Station at 3:45 heading for Baltimore …” until I realized that my math teacher was a Glenn Miller fan.

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    angelfiredragon  over 8 years ago

    ironically I’ve never had this type of math problem in real life after school, work place or anywhere…I do however use lots of geometry and algebra.

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    Earnestly Frank  over 8 years ago

    Who are these people who name their towns A, B, C, and D? ;-)

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    Scott S  over 8 years ago

    Gaaa! Not word problems! Anything but word problems!!!

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    neverenoughgold  over 8 years ago

    Eat some ice cream real fast Patty, and you will get a brain freeze!

    After it thaws out, you’ll be just fine…

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    Number Three  over 8 years ago

    Yep, I can really identify with Patty in this storyline.

    Hopefully, I won’t have to do Maths again.

    xxx

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    Rise22  over 8 years ago

    AB = 140 miles, BC = 130 miles, CD = 120 miles——which totals 390 miles

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    Peanuts Fan  over 8 years ago

    Teacher: and as you all now, if x+2=5, what does x equal?Peppermint Patty: I’m awake ma’am! The answer is 12!Teacher: no, Patricia, the answer is 3Peppermint Patty: what room is this?Teacher: algebra, Patricia.Peppermint Patty: I should have known this was the wrong school!

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    ccastoro1340  over 8 years ago

    Simple set of equations with 3 unknowns. AB=140 Miles

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    Number Three  over 8 years ago

    @Snoopy_Fan

    Thanks for your comment on Sunday.

    Have a nice weekend.

    ♥♥♥

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    rgcviper  over 8 years ago

    Personally, I used a simpler method to solve …

    I divided 390 by 3 to get the equal distances between each pair (A-B, B-C, C-D).

    Then I added 10 to the A-B part, and subtracted 10 from C-D, according to the problem. So …

    390 / 3 = 130 … 130 + 10 = 140

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    Saddenedby Premium Member over 8 years ago

    i always got dizzy trying to do these types of problems. than my brain would get tired from doing all those calculated calculations and i would close my eyes and imagine what would happen if i flunked the test and immediately i was filled with an adrenaline rush that would zip me through the problems with a speed equivalent to a speeding bullet. still got the answers wrong because i would have a flat tire just a few miles into the journey and would have to stop at the gas station (back then gas stations did mechanical work) which added time to the journey and because it was longer it caused the kids to start complaining and crying, so after getting the tire fixed we’d just go back home and take the bus and let the bus driver worry about this sort of thing.

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    jnnydnti  about 8 years ago

    150 miles. ;)

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