What Area Means
A student correctly applies the triangle-area formula but admits having no idea what area actually is.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-what-area-means/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[Board] "Find the area of the triangle." [triangle, base 7, height 6] A = ½ · base · height = ½ · 7 · 6 = 21
Student: "Got it! But man, I wish I knew what 'area' means."