MATH@MS297 - SUMMER MATH ASSIGNMENT

#138     How much salt is a human recommended to consume in a day? Fascinating fact:   Roman soldiers were sometimes paid in salt-which is where the word salary comes from.

#137   If there are 120 white dots, and 6 purple dots, how many groups of purple dots do you need to cover the white dots?

#136    Lets say the pink is high rpm and it goes at 70+ rpm. how many rpm would it make   in 10 minutes   or 1 hour or 1 day? Fascinating Fact:  rpm means revolutions per minute

#135  Jim took a bullet train from Osaka to Tokyo, but there were stops.  The whole trip took 194 minutes.  From Osaka to Kyoto it took 55 minutes.  From Kyoto to Nagoya it took 40 minutes.  From Nagoya to Yokohama it took 50 minutes.  And, from Yokohama to Tokyo, it took 40 minutes.  How long was each stop?

#134    In Moscow,  the subway train  arrives every 45 seconds from   6:00 a.m -  9:00 pm .   From   9 p.m till Midnight   trains would come in every 2 minutes.   How many trains would come into the station   in one week ? Fascinating  fact  : Some of the train stations in Moscow subway are so deep underground that during the World War II, people would seek shelter there from German bombs.

#133      There are 22 Maple & Brown sugar oatmeal, 15 Apples & Cinnamon and 15 Cinnamon & Spice oatmeal packets. There are 4 people who would like to share the oatmeal packets evenly.  How much would they each have after distributing then evenly?           

#132    I went to Costco and my mom bought me 42 cookies, 54 chips and 40 juices. 1. How many days will I have snacks for school? 2. Until what day will I have snacks for school? 3. Was there anything left? 4. What was left?

#131   There are 60 people on the B train and 20 people on the D train. Half of the people from the B train go on the D train. Half of the people from the D train get out. How many people are left in the D train? At the next stop 1/10 of the people get off the D train. How many people get off? Fun fact: The west 4th street subway has been around since September 10, 1932.

#130     I spent many days of my summer vacation swimming in this pool.  It's maximum depth was 10 feet. If I am 4 feet and 8 inches, how much water will be above my head when I touch the bottom? (Answer: 5 feet and 4 inches) Fun fact:  The deepest pool in the world is the Nemo 33 in Belgium. It is 113 feet deep. The Statue of Liberty's head would be completely underwater in this pool.

#129   I f you buy one glass of good wine   on Monday , and three glasses of better wine   on Tuesday , and 4 glasses of the best wine on Wednesday, and you do the same every week, how much would have to pay in a month (4 weeks)? Fun fact: this picture was taken at pete’s restaurant near my grandma’s town in Westchester. Pete’s has been open since the 30’s. 

#128   Aidan is baking an apple pie. He has  three cans of appl es that weigh 14.5 oz. The recipe calls for 35 ounces of apples.  What portion of apples will be leftover?

#127   Last night I baked two dozen cookies. Now I have 3 cookies. How many cookies did each of the five people eat last night? Fascinating Fact:  Oreo cookies have 50 calories in them and Chips Ahoy cookies have a 150 calories in them. Both of these cookies are owned by Nabisco.

#126    Rabbits and chickens are in the same box. If there are 80 heads and 208 legs, how many rabbits and chickens are there?

#125    I had 2,080 bottle caps and I gave away 50% of the bottle caps then found 127 bottle caps how many bottle caps do I have now?  

#124    My dog Rocco eats half a can of dog food at each meal. Each can is 12.5oz. We feed him twice a day. A) how many cans of dog food does Rocco eat each week? B) how many ounces of dog food does he eat each week? Fun fact:   The US spends over $40 billion on dog food each year

#123     Stacy was heading out to work. She got to the subway at 6:30am  in the morning. She left the subway at 7:45am . She then rode on the bus for 30 more minutes. Finally she arrived at work where she stayed and worked hard at for 8 hours. It was time for Stacy to go home. She went home the same way she got to work. Stacy got home at 5:15pm  just on time, to feed and walk her dogs. How much time did she spend on public transportation?

#122     If the New York Public Library had 873 books checked out in the summer and 3/4 of that number in the fall, how many books were checked out in the fall? Fascinating Fact:   The 3 most most read books in the world are… ·       The Holy Bible ·       Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung ·       Harry Potter

#121    I have one 10 rupee bills, three 20 rupee bills, three 50 rupees bills, six 100 rupee bills, four 500 rupee bills, two 1000 rupee bills, five 2000 rupee bills, and one 5000 rupee bill, How many rupees do I have in all? Fascinating Fact: Rupees are the official currency of Sri Lanka

#120    HOW MANY RADISHES ARE THERE ACROSS THIS WIDTH OF FABRIC?  (THE RADISHES MEASURE 6” X 6” INCHES). HOW MANY TOTAL RADISHES ARE THERE ON ONE YARD OF FABRIC?  (A YARD IS 36” INCHES) FUN FACT:  RADISHES CAN HELP WITH STOMACH ACHES AND HICCUPS. BUT TOO MANY RADISHES CAN MAKE YOU BURP!

  #119     George has 7 ¼ bananas, he wants to divide this by the trees on his property. what is George’s quotient? 

#118   If there are 88 windows on the building at Horatio Playground, and at night 25% of the windows are open - how many windows are not open?

#117    There are 63 squares in this painting.  48 of the squares are rainbows.  Can you reduce this fraction?  What fraction of the squares are a shade of gray? Fascinating fact: This painting was made by Andre Lemonnier in 2005.  It is called Construction du Volume des Couleurs.  I saw it at the Pompidou center in Paris this summer

#116    I go to Bagel Bobs in the morning and buy a dozen mini bagels, a 1/4 lb of lox spread, and a peanut butter sandwich. I pay with a $20 bill.  How much change will I get back? Fun fact : Bagel Bobs on University Place opened in 1996.