ANSWER These problems are from NCTM website
Problems from Mathematics Teacher. (2011). Retrieved Februrary 17, 2011, from National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Website: http://www.nctm.org/publications/calendar/index.aspx?journal_id=2
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Use the Diagram below to answer the following problem: House A is located 300 feet back from a road, and house B is located along the road, 500 feet from house A. The Department of Public Works wants to install a fire hydrant that is the same distance, d, from each house. Approximately how many feet should the hydrant be from each house? From a review guide for the Secondary Education Mathematics Content Test Illinois Certification Testing System: Study Guide Mathematics (115). (2006). Chicago: Pearson Education, Inc. Jim has $9.60 in his pocket. He has an equal number of quarters, dimes, and nickels but no other coins or bills. How many coins does Jim have? Answer From Februray 2011 Edition of the MATHEMATICS TEACHER
Coffey, M. (Ed.). (2011). Feburary "Calendar" Problems. MATHEMATICS TEACHER , 104 (6), 440-441. Tribbles are cute, furry creatures that exist in the world of Star Trek. Tribbles can produce a litter of 10 babies every 12 hours. One tribble was trapped in the grain hold of Space Station K-7 for 3 days. How many tribbles were in the grain hold at the end of the third day (assuming none of them died)?
Bonus Question: Use a graphing calculator (or Microsoft Excel), to prepare a scatter plot for the data ( # of tribbles vs. # hours) Find the exponential regression equation for this data. answer Three brothers divide 17 candy bars. The oldest child gets 1/2, the middle child 1/3, and the youngest child 1/9. So that they do not have to cut any bars, Mom provides an extra one. The oldest child then takes 9 candy bars, the middle child 6, and the youngest 2, and they return the extra one. Which child received more than his fair share? answer Coffey, M. (Ed.). (2011). January "Calendar" Problems. MATHEMATICS TEACHER , 104 (5), 368-369.
During the Superbowl XXXII, the Packers scored 3 touchdowns, 3 extra points, and 1 field goals. The Denver Broncos scored 4 touchdowns, 4 extra points, and 1 field goal. What's the score? By how many points did the Denver Broncos beat the Packers?
(Touchdown=6pts and Field goal = 3pts) Answer Since there has not been a math problem of the day in a while, let us start off with a simple one....
There are about 20 potatoes in a 5 pound bag. A restaurant uses about 2 potatoes per order of French Fries. They charge $.95 for an order of Fries. How much money does the restaurant take in on a day that they use 400 pounds of potatoes? Answer Santa Claus averages 27 miles per gallon of magic dust for his sleigh. If magic dust costs $4.04 per gallon, which of the following is closest to how much the magic dust would cost for this sleigh to travel 2,727 miles? A.$ 44.44 B.$109.08 C.$118.80 D.$408.04 E.$444.40 Answer Question provided by ACT website with a minor edit from Mr. Kruczinski.
Mr. Green is putting lights around 8 windows; each window is 3 and 1/2 feet wide and 5 feet long. How many feet of lights does he need?
Answer Macy's has hired 400 store Santas. If each Santa sees 125 children a day for 30 days, how many children are seen by Macy's Santas?
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