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Total Love: 155!

2015

Asked to quantify love precisely, a partner tallies years together, people and wedding guests into a number.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-total-love-155/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

A: "How much do you love me, precisely?"

B: "Well… 7 years together… 2 of us… 146 wedding guests… total love: 155!"

Topics
Number & Arithmetic › AdditionDiscrete Math › FactorialsApplied Math › Quantifying the Unquantifiable
Level
ElementaryMiddle SchoolAll Ages
Themes
Family & RelationshipsEveryday Life