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In your closet, there are 44 articles of clothing in there. You start looking through your closet and realize something strange. You have shirts, pants, shorts, and sweaters. Ironically, you have the same amount of shirts, pants, shorts, and sweaters. So, use the factors to find how many of each article of clothing you have […]

Introduction Heinz 57 makes ketchup. Their number 57 actually comes from other products that they make. It actually means that they have 57 varieties of pickles, believe it or not. So, at the Heinz factory there is a group of employees who are responsible for a set of the pickles. Use the factors to figure […]

Unlike the other months, there are only 28 days in February. It is the only month that has that few of days. The rest of the months have more. At the end of this month, Debby will be taking a huge exam to get certified for a department at her job. The exam will cover […]

Introduction There is a place in New Zealand that has the longest name for a place in the world. It is called Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. This place has 85 letters in the name if you counted all of the letters. If you wanted to memorize this place’s name so that you could spell it easily, how would […]

Introduction Seventy students occupy a large lecture hall at a large university. Unfortunately, there are 70 students enrolled in this class and only 70 chairs for them to sit in. So, there are just enough chairs for the entire class. There are several different ways that the chairs could be arranged in rows. Using the […]

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 […]