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FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Icecreamahedron" published July 24, 2022 - Transcript: Jason Fox: Have you considered a career in engineering? Paige Fox: No, why?

Icecreamahedron

July 24, 2022

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Partial Credit" published June 19, 2022 - Transcript: Peter Fox: Can you help me count my chin-ups? Jason Fox: You can't do it yourself? Peter Fox:You're better at adding fractions. So far I've done: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/17. Jason Fox: Hold on. Let me grab some paper to write these down.

Partial Credit

June 19, 2022

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Think Difference" published June 12, 2022 - Transcript: Jason Fox: Your 16-inch cheese pizzas cost $17.99 and your 12-inch ones cost $14.99? Steve: Um, correct. Jason Fox: We'd like to order the difference. Steve: The what? Jason Fox: A 16-inch diameter circle has an area of 201 square inches and a 12-inch-diameter circle has an area of 113 square inches. We'd like the difference of 88 square inches of pizza. Marcus Jones: Here's $3. Peter Fox: My friend Steve says you very briefly stopped by the pizza shop today. Jason Fox: Your friend Steve needs a math tutor.

Think Difference

June 12, 2022

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Difficult Math" published February 27, 2022 - Transcript: Mary Lou has a master's degree and earrs X dollars per month teaching high school math. If her monthly housing costs are 1/3 X, and her heat and utility bills are 1/8 X, and her food expenses are 1/7 X, and her car-related costs are 1/6 X... and her monthly health, clothing, furnishings, tax and student loan payments total 1/4 X... How long until Mary Lou quits to try her hand as a full-time TikTok dancer? Paige Fox: I'd say my teacher was trying to tell us something, but her name's not Mary Lou. Peter Fox: Hey! Mine assigned this problem also!

Difficult Math

February 27, 2022

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "3-14" published March 14, 2021 - Jason Fox: Today's 3-14. Roger Fox: So it is. Jason Fox: I don't have a watch. Can you let me know when it's exactly 1:59... Roger Fox: I'll try. Jason Fox: ...and 26 seconds... and 535 milliseconds... and 897 microseconds... and 932 nanoseconds... and 384 picoseconds... does your watch do femtoseconds? Roger Fox: There's such a thing as taking Pi Day too seriously, son.

3-14

March 14, 2021

FoxTrot comic strip by Bill Amend - "Party Time" published February 21, 2021 - Paige Fox: Jason, will you turn the music down?! I'm trying to study! I have a big math test tomorrow! I SAID TURN THE MUSIC DOWN! Jason Fox: But I have a big math test tomorrow!

Party Time

February 21, 2021

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