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My 6's Look Like 4's

January 11, 2017Original blog post

A professor writes 7 × 8 = 54 and blames sloppy handwriting.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-01-11-my-6-s-look-like-4-s/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Board: 7 × 8 = 54] Student: "Professor, don't you mean 56?" Professor: "My 6's look like 4's, OK?"

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