Five Squared Makes a Literal Square
Someone discovers that five squared is literally a 5-by-5 square of dots. Their teachers insist they tried to say so.
Transcript
"Why did no one tell me that 'five squared' makes a literal square?!" [a 5-by-5 square of dots] "We tried!"
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-five-squared-makes-a-literal-square/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)