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Introduction Some mortgages are set for 30 years, and some are set for 15 years. Let’s say that you buy a house and get a 15-year mortgage on the property. However, you prefer to pay it off faster. Every three years, you will increase your monthly payment by $200 based on the fact that you […]

Imagine a number that can be written as the sum of all digits back and forward. That number is  89 = 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9! Isn’t […]

Introduction While doing a social studies research report on the Philippines, Billy comes to the part of his report for the geography section. His assignment requires a lot of research and details as this is a lengthy assignment that he has been doing over the course of the semester. He learns that the Philippines is […]

Introduction Have you ever poured the last drops of the orange juice into your glass from the container only to find that your friends come in demanding that you share it with them? It seems fair because no one likes someone to take the last full glass of orange juice. Your glass holds 16 ounces […]

Introduction At a large corporation with thousands of employees, the company had to make arrangements with its employees who work around the world. There are 13 branches located in 4 different hemispheres around the world. They had to make sure that they did not have too many employees taking their week-long vacation break all at […]

PROBLEM: Regardless of family income or background, countless research studies show student academic performance is heavily tied to parent involvement. Schools and districts work hard to provide various equitable family engagement solutions to get families more involved. Unfortunately, across the board, most schools fail to provide equitable supplemental educational resources to families to support student […]

Introduction: Past high school data is being collected by a local city organization. The graduation years were divided among two clerks at the organization. The first clerk, Tommy, took the first 63 years, and Evelyn took the last 63 years. Each clerk had to spend time researching and gathering the data for each of those […]

Introduction With only 72 days until Christmas, Tony wants to start buying presents for his large family now. He has 24 people to buy presents for. Of course, every member wants something unique. It takes Tony quite a while to find the perfect present for each family member. Tony decides to spend a few days […]

Introduction In a car, a car racer knows that with every rev of the engine, the odometer needle climbs steadily 7 times. If he revs it seven times without the odometer needle falling at all, if that is all possible, how many times will he rev his engine to reach 35 miles per hour? Consider […]

Introduction Can you recite your best friend’s phone number? Probably not thanks to our cell phones where we just have to press our friend’s name and our cell phone instantly dials him. However, there was a time when we had to memorize phone numbers. Today, I can barely remember my own. Including the area code, […]