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Introduction Remember back in the olden days when a quarter went so much farther. It seems like today you can’t buy anything for 25 cents anymore. However, as a challenge, we are going to see if we can think of some things that might cost five cents. To use the whole quarter and imagine that […]

Introduction Fifty-one employees are working at a candle-making factory. There are three departments in the company. These departments are the melting, finished product, and office departments. So, the company wants to divide the employees into those departments as evenly as possible. Use the factors of 51. Is that a possibility for the employees to be […]

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 […]

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 In the United States, there are 50 states. An organization is grouping the states into equally-sized groups. Then each group would contain the same number of states in them. The worker in the organization hasn’t quite figured out how he wants to do this. See if you can help him. Think of the number […]

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 […]