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Bad Elevator Buttons

If you google "bad elevator button designs" a whole slew of images come up. Today's "puzzle:" If you could design/arrange/present elevator buttons in a way that would be math educational for the general world, what might you offer?

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If you google "bad elevator button designs" a whole slew of images come up. Today's "puzzle:" If you could design/arrange/present elevator buttons in a way that would be math educational for the general world, what might you offer? @GlobalMathProj pic.twitter.com/gywhMYosKF
— James Tanton (@jamestanton) August 3, 2021

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