“Somehow it’s OK for people to chuckle at not being good at math. Yet if I said I never learned to read, they’d say I was an illiterate dolt. Science and math [are] fundamental to what it is to be alive, because they’re all around us.”—Neil deGrasse Tyson
For some of us there is not enough practice to make perfect in math. I’m good at things like accounting math, but the higher forms of math (um, anything after grade school), while I appreciate their value, my brain’s wiring is just unavailable.
Dean over 9 years ago
0.5
pelican47 over 9 years ago
I’ve seen adults with this concept. Some people really have a problem with arithmetic.
LEOKEV over 9 years ago
Charlie Brown, wait until your mid-life crisis.
Cronkers McGee Premium Member over 9 years ago
Sally can make it happen. 25 % 50 =?
Shades78 over 9 years ago
Push it real good.
Darryl Heine over 9 years ago
25 is 1/2 of 50.
meihong over 9 years ago
Yes, she’s right! You can push and shove and force it in!!!
Guilty Bystander over 9 years ago
Well, if nothing else, Sally’s figured out how Congress puts together a budget.
Aaron Saltzer over 9 years ago
How old is Sally again?
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member over 9 years ago
50 can go into 25 easily if you use different font sizes.
phoenixnyc over 9 years ago
“Somehow it’s OK for people to chuckle at not being good at math. Yet if I said I never learned to read, they’d say I was an illiterate dolt. Science and math [are] fundamental to what it is to be alive, because they’re all around us.”—Neil deGrasse Tyson
jim_pem over 9 years ago
Sally must have a Tardis.
dogday Premium Member over 9 years ago
For some of us there is not enough practice to make perfect in math. I’m good at things like accounting math, but the higher forms of math (um, anything after grade school), while I appreciate their value, my brain’s wiring is just unavailable.
Number Three over 9 years ago
I hate maths! I was rubbish at it.
Even if I was good at it, I would still probably hate it but who knows?
xxx
Scott S over 9 years ago
A batting average of .500 would be pretty good, wouldn’t it?
lizilu over 9 years ago
Naw, .500 is an amazingly good batting average.
lizilu over 9 years ago
Naw, .500 is an amazingly good batting average.
Earnestly Frank over 9 years ago
All things being equal, arithmetic would be a lot simpler.
The Fly Hunter over 9 years ago
I know people who have handled money this way!
AmyGrantfan51774 over 9 years ago
why isn’t this strip Christmassy??!!!!!….isn’t Christmas going to be here soon??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!