Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce for April 23, 2023

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    Clarence  over 1 year ago

    I dare someone to answer the question

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    Alexander Hamilton (Letter Reviewer)  over 1 year ago

    Nate does make a good point Mr Math Teacher Who I Forgot The Name Of

    B+ tier, good point by Nate with an okay joke

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    I'm Bri ish  over 1 year ago

    Ok, so I’m the math nerd who is solving this for no reason. 10% off 3150 is 2835. For 5.5% sales tax: (2835)(1.055) = 2990.93. Amount left: 3000 – 2990.93 = 9.08. So Bob has enough with $9.08 to spare.

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    Wҽιɾԃ Exρɾҽʂʂισɳ Mαɳ  over 1 year ago

    10% off of 3150 is 2835. 2835 × 105.5% = 2990.93. Bob has enough.

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    markkahler52  over 1 year ago

    I’m inclined to agree with Nate on this one. B+

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    leopardglily  over 1 year ago

    This is my brain on a regular basis.

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    ND Cool Z  over 1 year ago

    Good math skills, fellow commenters! Nate is more focused on reality. https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/1997/01/05

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    Chuuya's choker( previously file error)  over 1 year ago

    honestly i;m nate in situations like these but i don’t right that down

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    Macushlalondra  over 1 year ago

    Nate is a born storyteller. He needs to study journalism.

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    Nate's The Greatest!  over 1 year ago

    Nice mental gymnastics, Nate.

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    Link from Twilight Princess (He/Him)  over 1 year ago

    10/10 really funny comic.

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    RobinHood  over 1 year ago

    Do you? Professor.

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    bmckee  over 1 year ago

    He’s got a point. (Says the guy who has never been married.)

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Knew a couple that spent a fortune on a wedding and were dead broke 6 months later. Marriage lasted that long!!

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    [Traveler] Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Too many tourists in Hawaii, choose another, less peoply place

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    david_42  over 1 year ago

    My wife bought her own ring, she was working for a jewelry chain: Cost + 10% or about 1/5 retail.

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    Good vibes Dee Dee  over 1 year ago

    These kinds of strips are the best

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    parkervance07  over 1 year ago

    First of all, why does Nate always think he’ll get points for this?

    Second, it’s $3,150 × 0.9 = $2,835, then $2,835 plus 5.5% of $2,835, which comes out to about $2,990.92. So the answer is yes, but he’ll have pretty much no money left.

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    Goat from PBS  over 1 year ago

    Math tests: the perfect place to rant.

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    Orange Crewmate  over 1 year ago

    Nate is so lame

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    prrdh  over 1 year ago

    If you don’t want a story for an answer, don’t call it a ‘story problem’.

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    Will_Scarlet  over 1 year ago

    Don’t EVER get married, Nate.

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    raybarb44  over 1 year ago

    No. It’s also a test in the Philosophy of purchasing gifts. Though he should also have given the dollar answer also….

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    Crazy Comics  over 1 year ago

    I think Nates jealous of Bob and Debbie being together

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    chief tommy  over 1 year ago

    He’s got enough left to get a Venti Latte at Starbucks

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    BeniHanna6 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    Nate may have not done the math or answered the question, but he sure has the correct answer on how to spend the money.

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    jwondga  over 1 year ago

    The flow of this Sunday strip is spot-on perfect, punchline perfectly delivered.

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    orbenjawell Premium Member over 1 year ago

    All that writing was, to Nate, easier than just saying: “I don’t have the slightest idea”…………

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    kendavis09  over 1 year ago

    A lily pad on a pond doubles is size each day. It takes 30 days to cover the pond. How many days will it takes two such lily pads, doing the same thing, to cover the pond? (it’s not 15)

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    Spaceman Tom   over 1 year ago

    $3000 might get them TO Hawaii, but that’s about it.

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    GraceFaith  over 1 year ago

    Word problems should get word answers.

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    I need a burrito  over 1 year ago

    i once took a trip to canada for a week with only 1500 or so

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    Drbarb71 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    No AI ChatPT app could write something this brilliant. A+! In English. D in Math. At least he knew it might be a rip off.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member over 1 year ago

    that’s how I solved geometry tests where I had to “prove” how I got my answer.

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    BiggerNate91  over 1 year ago

    Gotta love making word problems realistic. They never make sense.

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 1 year ago

    6th grade maths for those with difficulties. 5th and 6th graders are the preponderance of Nate’s audience.

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    Sylver S  over 1 year ago

    This is a similar style to a Sunday strip he did a while back where Nate also tried to reason on a math test.

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    Neat1Up  over 1 year ago

    I mean, Nate DOES have a point, ngl. But I’m not wasting my energy just to solve some math problem.

    Strip rating: 9/10 Why are the Sundays always more funny than the daily strips?

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    wonkmaster  over 1 year ago

    Somewhat funny for once.

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    Rich Douglas  over 1 year ago

    Bob can afford it, as well as bus fare home. (Not enough left to buy gas.)

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    Aksel_1  over 1 year ago

    https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/1997/01/05 he did it again lol

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    I'm Bri ish  over 1 year ago

    Ironically enough, $3000 actually is a cheap ring. Apparently the average amount people spend on engagement rings is $5000 – $7000

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    divad27182  over 1 year ago

    There isn’t actually enough information given to solve this problem. You also need to know how greedy the state/county/municipality is. The issue:

    $3150 * .90 * 1.055 = $2990.925

    So the tax could be rounded up, or down, or even way up.So Bob is going to wind up with a ring, nine dollars, and (probably) seven, eight, or maybe six cents.

    Actually, it could be uncertain even if it were 5% sales tax, as it could be split between multiple government who all want their piece rounded up.

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    Ray Helvy Premium Member over 1 year ago

    It depends on the assumptions. If the taxing authority insists on taxing the fair market value of $3150, the sales tax would be 5.5% of $3150, or $173.25. 90% of $3150 is $2835. He would need $2835 + 173.25 to purchase the ring in that case, or $3008.25. Unless he can haggle with the store, or come up with alternate financing, he doesn’t get the ring (stupid taxes!)

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    Ruben S.  over 1 year ago

    10% of 3,150=315, 3,150-315=2,835, + 5.5% sales tax, so the answer is about $2,990.92 cents, so yea, its enough, but he will not really have much money afterwards

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    Some guy with low self esteem  over 1 year ago

    In case anyone cares, Bob’s going to have around $9.07 left. Which results in the ring being the cost of $2990.93

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    BigNateFanForever1  over 1 year ago

    Imma say it. 10/10. This is Big Nate at its best. Nate’s logic is true and you see where he’s coming from, but also he’s just not answering the question.

    10/10 Love it when Nate shows he’s not an idiot, just thinks differently.

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    The one and only Eldest Arc (now at peace)  over 1 year ago

    No, I do not

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    smooth_sphinx497122  10 months ago

    In their math class, he gives out questions that are impossible to answer. If you want to see what I mean, read Big Nate: Flips Out.

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    Magmate :)   6 months ago

    5.5 tax!? im jealous…

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