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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

jordan's scribe

the thing we did today in class was a question sheet about how do we use the method that Mr harbeck taught as. here is some question we did......


4. The weather fore caster says that it is 20 c in london but only 7/10 as hot in new york. how hot is it in new york?

answer: 14* c hot in new york





5. Skateboards cost $36 each in my local store. the shopkeeper says if i buy one I can buy another for only 7/9 of the normal price. How much would a second skateboard cost?

answer: $28 if you buy a another one.


6.Billy collected 256 conkers but lost?2/4of them in his way to school through a hole in his bag. When he arrived at school how many conkers did billy have left?
( you can choose any fraction you want to subtract to 256).

answer: 128 conkers left.