Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Deck-Building Card Game

July 30, 2018

A shopper plays discount coupons at the register like cards in a deck-building game.

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Free for classrooms, worksheets, slides and other non-commercial use under CC BY-NC 4.0, with credit to Ben Orlin.

Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-07-30-deck-building-card-game/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

Customer: "Okay, now I play my 20% off coupon. Then I play my $3 discount coupon. Your move."

Cashier: "As I said: This is a department store, not a deck-building card game."

Customer: "Don't be a sore loser. It's not my fault you have all that money and no action cards."

Topics
Number & Arithmetic › PercentagesNumber & Arithmetic › Money & DecimalsDiscrete Math › Puzzles & Games
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
Money & ShoppingPop CulturePuzzles & Problems