Monopolynomials
Kids play a Monopoly parody where rent is paid by the quadratic formula, which nobody can remember.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2019-01-04-monopolynomials/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I landed on your quadratic! So I owe you…" B: "Uh, negative b, plus the square root of… or is it minus…?" C: "Why did Grandma buy us this?!" [Board game: "MONOPOLYNOMIALS"]