Math with Bad DrawingsCartoon Archive

Counting vs. Scaling

September 18, 2018From the book Math with Bad Drawings

Counting is a staircase of equal steps. Scaling is a staircase where every step is bigger than the last.

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[COUNTING] [A person climbing a staircase of small, even steps] [SCALING] [A person facing a staircase whose steps grow taller and taller]

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-09-18-counting-vs-scaling/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Functions › Linear FunctionsFunctions › Exponential GrowthNumber & Arithmetic › Large Numbers
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