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Remember that this week’s problem is due by Friday, November 20!
Your grandfather gives you $100 for your birthday. He says you can spend 1/2 of it now and 1/4 of it next month, then the rest has to go in your savings account. Hoe much will you have to save?
Be sure to show your work along with the answer or you will not receive full credit!
Remember that this week’s problem is due by Friday, November 13.
You and a couple of friends are having a contest to see who can drink the most milk. (It is a really boring afternoon.) You drink 1 1/2 glasses, take a break, and then drink another glass and a half. One friend drinks 1 glass, and another glass and a half before she stops. You other friend drinks 2 glasses at once but can’t drink any more. Did you win? Why or why not?
Remember to explain your answer!!
ANSWER: Yes, you would win.
Here is this week’s Problem of the Week. Remember that it is due by Friday, November 6.
You are at a picnic. The ants have found you! You decide to find out how long it takes an ant to walk across your blanket, get a bread crumb, and carry it back to the grass. It takes the first ant 50 seconds, the second ant 45 seconds, the third ant 1 minute, and the fourth ant 53 seconds. What is the average time it takes for an ant to make the round trip?
Be sure to show your work!!
Answer: 52 seconds
Don’t forget to turn in this week’s problem of the week by Friday, October 23.
Your mom is in charge of setting up a soccer tournament. She is stuck on how to schedule the games. You decide to help her. There are 8 teams. How many games will there have to be for each team to play each of the other teams?
Remember to show how you got your answer not just your answer!
Answer: 28 games
Here is this week’s problem. Don’t forget it is due by Friday, October 16!
You are in charge of ordering ice cream for a school party. There are 400 students at your school. Each will get 1 scoop of ice cream. You experiment with 1 container of ice cream and find that it holds 23 scoops. What is your estimate of how many containers you should buy?
Don’t forget to explain how you got your answer!
Answer: 18 containers will be needed
Don’t forget that this week’s problem is due by Friday, October 9
Elroy, your dog, likes to stop and sniff things when you take him for a walk. But he only stops and sniffs trees, light poles, and fire hydrants. He also only stops at every third thing he passes. (He is a very smart dog!) If you have already passed 2 trees, a fire hydrant, a light pole, and then 3 more trees, will he stop at the fire hydrant just ahead?
Remember to show some sort of work so I know how you got your answer!! Just writing yes or no is not enough to get full credit!
Answer: No, Elroy will not stop.
Here is this week’s story problem. The solution is due by Friday, October 2.
You just made a new friend at school. You bring home his phone number, but your baby sister starts to chew on the paper. You can still read part of the number, but 2 of the digits are gone. Here is what is left: 76__-4__21. You are ready to give in when you remember that he told you there was a pattern in his phone number! What is the number?
Answer: 765-4321
Each week you will be given a story problem to work on. It will be posted both on the blog and in the classroom. You have until the end of the week to turn in your solution. You may either turn in the solution in class or type it in your response on the blog.
Here is this week’s story problem:
You get a question from your friend. It is in code. It says:
13-5-5-20 1-20 12-21-14-3-8
Can you break the code?
Don’t forget to have your solution to the problem in by Friday, September 21.
Answer: Meet at Lunch