Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Life Without Fractions

2014

Two creatures fight over a single cake, since without fractions there's no way to split it.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2014-01-01-life-without-fractions/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Title] "Life Without Fractions"

A: "1 for me, 0 for you!" B: "No! 1 for me, 0 for you!" [a single cake between them]

Topics
Number & Arithmetic › FractionsNumber & Arithmetic › Whole NumbersApplied Math › Fair Division
Level
ElementaryMiddle School
Themes
FoodFamily & RelationshipsVisual Explanations