Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 17, 2009

I always wondered where numerator came from. It’s obvious now number eighter. Calvin is sure to get an A. Or maybe an Aye?

Hobbes and I do math the same way!

Multi-Choice Question: Based on his math skills, did Hobbes once work for… A) the IRS B) the banking industry C) Wall Street D) All of the above

Comic Organ: The answer is D!

There’s something very wrong with this comic strip…oh right… since when does Calvin do homework?

On a side note, when I was Calvin’s age, I used to think advanced maths involved bigger numbers. How silly…there’s no numbers, only Greek letters.

A mathematician Hobbes is not.

of course!

Hobbes has proven that he is a true mathemagician.

Memo to Mr. Hobbs, my high school math teacher….See! I was RIGHT!

Poor Calvin, in the last panel he looks genuinely concerned that he’s gotten his homework wrong…. maybe we’ve underestimated him all this time? Hobbes is such a genius <3

This problem is too difficult to be solved!

They’re pushing the kids too fast nowadays!

So, Hobbes is Bernie Madoff in disguise?

to The Spleen: There should be another choice. Multi-Choice Question: Based on his math skills, did Hobbes once work for… A) the IRS B) the banking industry C) Wall Street D) The big three auto makers E) All of the above

Is this what you call “fuzzy” math?

Nothing wrong, green_engineer: Calvin DOES homework, only almost never on time (exception being the story Hobbes wrote for him) nor correctly.

Jweb - its furry math!

Can you imagine what we would get if Calvin was learning about “imaginary” numbers… which personally I believe was just made up by someone like Hobbes and the whole mathematical world went for it, hook line and sinker… I mean look they went for numerator didn’t they?

to The Spleen: There should be another choice. Multi-Choice Question: Based on his math skills, did Hobbes once work for… A) the IRS B) the banking industry C) Wall Street D) The big three auto makers E) A Government position in charge of ALL OF THE ABOVE

Look at the math Hobbes did on the paper. I bet Hobbes has no clue what he is doing

Ohh Hobbes, dear tiger, it is you who is advanced, far too advanced for 1st grade studies. You should be in the post-grad realm.

I give thanks for my calculator every day.

It’s the “new math” …

And people called Newton a kook in his time.

yukoner, I love that term, mathemagician…. that is the way it seemded to me once I got past advanced Algebra, and now I am in the final throes of a 40 year career in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering…. scary thought, eh?

Love this comic! Such brilliant humor.

Great comments too, kids!

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Still working on the problem myself but suspect the answer is 38.

Now we know who wrote the stimulus bill.

Looks like Calvin’s gonna get all the answers wrong today.

Oh boy! Calvin you’re in big trouble…

“So what times three equals eight? The answer, of course, is six.” Hobbes, how on earth did you derive that? Did you use the theorem of Guessology?

after recent events, Hobbes is now able to get a job at:

A. taken B. taken C. taken D. laid off E. All of the above, but less hours

Macushlaondra, Calvin getting wrong answers is status-quo everyday; when he gets the answer RIGHT, you know it’s a Sod’s Law day!

Another case of the blind leading the blind.

I could have used Hobbes’ assistance in my finance classes!

Boy, if the answer is six, then I have to reevaluate the way I do math.

It is not alegbra. His homework is just a basic math! 3+8 is 11! Calvin had not learned on Algebra yet. Sheesh! Hobbes, if you give Calvin wrong answer, you will be regretted!

2 cubed (the third power) is 8. 2 times 3 is 6. 6 makes sense to me as a likely answer! ;)

I love it!

All of the above across the board.

Disliked Math extemely in HS and still do. Never needed Algebra or Geometry in my chosen profession thank goodness and would never attempt Calculus for any amount of $$$$. The only Teacher that really tried to help me with math was my 5th grade teacher Miss McDonough to whom I will be forever grateful! The Nuns and Teachers at my HS could have cared less which was disappointing considering the money my Dad spent sending me to a Private Catholic School (which I didn’t want to go to).

I love it when he invokes imaginary numbers.

another answer- treasury secretary

actually that’s not fair… it was turbotax’s fault afterall………..

You’re a life saver Hobbs. Without your help Calvin mighta made an “F” on his homework.

Hopefully, he’s too tired to redo all the others…

math hates me and i hate it. it is all good. i could not do it. im not planing on teaching any higher then 3rd grade bc of the math.

I challenge you to find one thing that you do that does not involve math in some form. Folks who hate math do so for several reasons, the most usual one being that we do not have many elementary teachers who really like math. That’s one reason they want to teach elementary subjects, so they can avoid math, and this fear transfers to the students.

calvin should have asked his mom he should know tigers know squat about math

The answer? It tweleveteen!

Hobbes is a genius!

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