Abdul Lives 2 ½ Week 3 Mathematics Problem Solvi
STOP: You should not attempt to complete this assignment until you have taken a detailed look at this week’s lecture.
Complete any FIVE of the following problems. For each problem, list one problem-solving method that could be used as well as the numerical answer. Clearly identify which problem you chose (only five of the six needed), which method of problem solving you used (there is more than one right answer), and how you worked out each problem using that method.
Submit your answers (problem-solving method, worked out solution, and numerical answer for each problem,) as word document or pdf.
- The sixth grade basketball team at Washington School won the district championship. All 12 members of the team congratulate each other with a handshake. How many handshakes took place total?
- Abdul lives 2 ½ miles from school. Juan lives on the same street 1 ¾ miles from school. How far apart do the boys live?
- If a dart board has three concentric circles, with the bulls-eye worth 10 points, next circle worth 5 points, and the outer circle with 1 point, how many different total scores could you make if you hit the dart board with three darts?
- The Fun Toy Store sells only wagons and bicycles. On a particular day, it sold 12 items and a total of 32 wheels. How many wagons and how many bicycles were sold that day?
- Pick a number, triple it, add 3, double the result, subtract 6 and divide by 3. Sue’s answer was 12. What was her beginning number?
- Four married couples belong to a poker club. The wives names are Kitty, Sarah, Josie, and Annie. Their husbands are David, Will, Gus, and Floyd. Decide who is married to whom based on the following conditions:
- a.) Will is Josie’s brother.
- b.) Josie and Floyd dated some, but then Floyd met his present wife.
- c.) Kitty is married to Gus.
- d.) Annie has two brothers.
- e.) Annie’s husband is an only child.