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Mathilde B. **Kerry W.**  ** Week 1 March 16 - 23, 2009 Harold Peterson posts problems; Centreville answers. March 18,2009 Mathilde Problem #1 On the school hockey team the ratio of left-handed to right-handed players is 1:3. Suppose there are 20 players.How many are left-handed ? **
 * Group Members:**
 * Curtis W.**

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Centreville posts problems; Harold Peterson answers.**
 * Week 2 March 23 - 27, 2009

__ **Question 1 - Kerry** __ Fred has three times as many hockey cards as Frank. Frank has two-thirds as many hockey cards as Phil. Phil has 54 hockey cards. How many hockey cards does Fred have? sorry

Mathilde answer :  54 / 3 = 18 18 x 2 = 36 36 x 3 = 108

Fred has 108 hockey cards. good

__**Question 1 - Curtis**__ = If I had 5 friends and they each bring 1 friend to my party and then 10 more people come with 4 times as many friends, how many people are at my party? =

 5 + 5 =10 10 x 4 = 40 40 +10 = 50

There is 50 people at your party. RIGHT GOOD JOB :)

Harold Peterson posts problems; Centreville answers.**
 * Week 3 March 30 - April 3, 2009

April 3, 2009 Mathilde  Jack walked from Santa Clara to Palo Alto. It took 1 hour 25 minutes to walk from Santa Clara to Los Altos. Then it took 25 minutes to walk from Los Altos to Palo Alto. He arrived in Palo Alto at 2:45 P.M. At what time did he leave Santa Clara?

1:50 minn - 2:45 = 12:55 Good job!

Week 4 April 6 - April 10, 2009 (Easter holiday April 10, 2009) Centreville posts problems; Harold Peterson answers.


 * A man has to be at work by 11:00 a.m. and it takes him 12 minutes to get dressed, 19 minutes to eat and 45 minutes to walk to work. What time should he get up if he wants to get to work on time? **

Mathilde answer :

1 hour = 60 min.

12 + 19 + 45 =76 76 - 60 = 16 1100 - 116 = 984

He should get up at 9:84 a.m to be on time at work. yeah!!!

Week 5 April 13 - 17, 2009 (Easter holiday, April 13, 2009) Catch up week.

April 13, 2009 10:13 a.m Mathilde An economist predicts that the cost of a new car will increase by 0.4% during the next year. An average family car is currently priced at $17 000. How much will it cost next year? 10 000 = 40 7 000 =28 40+28= __**//$68//**__

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 * Fred's uncle gave him 2 dollars on his first birthday. On each birthday after that he doubled his previous gift. By the day after Fred's tenth birthday, what was the total amount that his uncle had given him? **

Week 6 April 20 - 24, 2009 Bridgit Week Final Bridgit project Friday, April 24, 2009