Peanuts by Charles Schulz for November 23, 1965
November 22, 1965
November 24, 1965
Transcript:
Sally sits at a desk with a pencil and paper. Linus says, "All right, let's see you write the number sentence for 'one is less than five.'"<BR><BR> Sally writes, "1 < 5"<BR><BR> Linus says, "That's right!" Sally says, "It is?!"<BR><BR> Sally shouts, "I've solved the new math!!"<BR><BR>
MrJamie1062 over 8 years ago
Whatever happened to that method of math, anyway,using “alligator mouths”,as I used to call them,to mean"greater than"(with the “open mouth”facing left)and “less than”(with the mouth part facing right). Heck, it’s been like forty years or so, since I last heard of it, when I was in primary school. Must be an "outdated"or form of “old math”in today’s day and age.
Stormwyrm over 7 years ago
I grew up in the eighties, and the way that stuck in my mind when learning this notation was Pac-Man. Obviously Pac-Man’s mouth would always be facing where there was “more”.