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February 28, 2017

Side by side, a teacher asks how to factor a quadratic, and a student asks why anyone would.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-02-28-questions/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Left] "Questions Teachers Ask": "How do you factorize x² − 6x + 5?"

[Right] "Questions Students Ask": "Why do you factorize x² − 6x + 5?"

Topics
Algebra › QuadraticsAlgebra › FactoringMath Culture › Teaching
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
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Teachers & ClassroomStudent LifeFor Teachers (Classroom Satire)