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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About A4 Paper: A Math Comic

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Valrus:
So I was given an assignment in my teaching methods class to answer a question about A4 paper, which went like this:

--- Quote ---In the U.S., standard-sized paper is 8.5” by 11”. In Europe, standard-sized paper is called A4 paper, and is not quite the same size as ours.
A0 paper has an area of 1 sq. meter.
A1 paper, A2 paper, A3 and A4 paper are all mathematically similar to A0 paper.
To get A1 paper, you cut A0 paper in half (which way?).
To get A2, you cut A1 in half, and so on.
What are the dimensions of A4 paper?
Is A4 paper similar to our standard paper?
--- End quote ---

Somehow I decided that it would be a good idea to overachieve the shit out of it, and the following 4-page comic was the result. I hope someone finds it entertaining and, dare I say, edifying?

GenericName:
I am in awe.

ledhendrix:
Wow, that is rather excellent.

mooface:
this is really cute!  it reminds me of a math book for kids that i had when i was little.

Cam:
That was superb.

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