Six Times Five All Week
Over a week a student slowly masters 6 × 5, then the next Monday scoffs at a new student who is just starting.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-six-times-five-all-week/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Monday] A: "6 × 5 is… thirsty?" B: "Thirty!"
[Tuesday] A: "6 × 5 is… thirteen?" B: "Thirty."
[Wednesday] A: "6 × 5 is… thirty?" B: "Yes!"
[Thursday] A: "6 × 5 is… thirty!" B: "Yes."
[Friday] A: "6 × 5 is thirty." B: "You got it."
[Next Monday] New student: "6 × 5 is… thrifty?" A: "How can you not know this?"