Ok all of you left brain thinkers, I need your help.....
my husband is going away for the week, and the boy has math homework galore.
I don't need to impress him, I just don't want to confuse him... I could do a lot of damage in 5 days.
So I got to thinking, if someone could just simply take me through the process, I could take him through the process, and then, come Friday, dump all knowledge of mathemical stuff out of my brain.
Just like I did upon graduation.
So here's a sample problem......
About 5/6 of the class ( I wonder how come they all didn't participate, were they absent? apathetic?... that's sad, at that age they should be all pumped up about getting out and having fun. I wonder if more boys than girls participated... what about chubby kids, did they exclude themselves? man, we really need to get a handle on childhood obesity........participated in a walk a thon. (I wonder what charity it was, cancer probably, Terry Fox was such a remarkable young man, now THAT"S a role model.... I need to remember to send my pledge to Breast Cancer this week, I wonder how D did on her walk, I really should do the walk next year....maybe get a team together.....About 2/5 0f these people (2/5 of 5/6 ??? warning, warning, trick question coming, all brain cells on high alert.... speaking of brain cells, I wonder how many I have left, I'm pretty sure i killed a few between graduation and serious adulthood, hmmm speaking of graduation, I wonder when our next reunion is??? raised over a 100 dollars each ( how about that canadian dollar, climbing, climbing, kind of like jack's beanstalk, weaving it's way through the clouds, luscious green leaves, leading to unknown territory, would i have the courage to climb a beanstalk????....What fraction of the class raised over a hundred dollars?OMG are they serious, how the heck can anyone know that, why would they care, am I wasting my tax dollars educating children to totally useless things, maybe i should run for office, perhaps premier, maybe queen of the land... there would be no math if i was queen of the land, if I was ........
help.
seriously....
and simply.
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The answer is 1/3 of the class raised over $100.
You have to multiply fractions to get 2/5ths of 5/6th. Multiply the top of the fraction (2x5) and the bottom (5x6) to get 10/30 which is 1/3rd.
(I had to ask for help because I am right brained as you are. I can't stop thinking about climbing a beanstalk).
ok, I follow that, but then they ask for the percentage of the CLASS, not just the 5/6th that walked.
unless this is a trick question designed to make a fool of me, they do that you know, those left brained people, i think they sit back and chuckle when they see me turn a whiter shade of pale... god i love that song, who sang it I wonder, I should goggle it.....
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so therefore.... there is another step here i think :)
Well, I think that the whole class is accounted for in the 5/6ths, because that is the fraction that accounts for the whole class and the fraction of them that participated.
Procol Harum is the answer. That one was much easier!
And now I am bumming out and going to bed. Your boys are very happy tonight.
OH GOD! NO! Math Problems! (Runs screaming from the room!!!!!!!!) NO Way I could help you with that. I take those stupid intelligence tests and i'm a total moron.
That gave me a headache just reading it.
And yes, Disneyland is smoky and ashy, but safe. By the time you get here, all should be well.
If you or your daughter need my help, just email me. We have annual passes to Disneyland, so I know it like the back of my hand.
than nswer is geez thats gotta we useful later on in life
omg.
I peeked at my son's Algebra book a few weeks ago.
I cannot believe I actually passes college Algebra..........I must ahve cheated.
You are totally best to NOT ask me for this kind of advice. I am not math inclined at all.
thanku for caring
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