Peanuts by Charles Schulz for April 27, 2024

It is kind of fun to say.

Math was a terrible problem for me in grade school, too. We went up and down the rows of desks, and I’d be frantically trying to figure out the answer to what I figured my problem would be. Mostly, I guessed wrong…

One times one is eleven. An odd number in its prime.

You and me and baby makes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 times 44 is 660. (Gilbert O’Sullivan).

Four times four is 4444.

She should watch the Schoolhouse Rock episode, “The Four-Legged Zoo.”

Time that Patty went back over her ‘multiplication tables’ like I did in 5th grade ! ! !

Four times four is sixteen, sir.

Too many fours?

I think we just witnessed a “Patty Melt”.

I’m pretty sure my math teachers despaired of me in the same fashion.

the kind of thing that gives teachers grey hairs

I think she’s ready for calculus.

What follows math is aftermath, of course.

No, Patty. 4 PLUS 4 is 44.

It was, Patty.

The new math.

It’s recess Sir, 4×4 is four-square.

elevenses

In the year forty four forty four, If math is still a bore, If school just makes you snore, You’ll still be in grade four!! ♫

All things being equal, arithmetic would be a lot simpler.

Eleven times four, maybe…

Peppermint Patty you should do first grade over again

Fun to say …

Like eleventeen and thirty-twelve, right?