This week's problem is a hand out.  It is exercise 1 - Using an expense record.

Ralph the mouse and his friends were ecstatic. The exhibition hall where they lived was having an International Cheese Convention. When the people departed, Ralph and the other mice wandered through the halls filled with hundreds of varieties of cheese. They finally collapsed in a corner, stuffed to the whiskers from cheese tasting. Ralph noticed that out of every 34 pieces of cheese they had tasted, 12 were American, 3 were English, 6 were Austrian, 9 were Swiss, 3 were Dutch, and 1 was Italian. After the mice had tasted 81 pieces of Swiss cheese, how many pieces of cheese had they tasted altogether?  

     *Use one of our problem solving methods to answer this question.

     *Remeber to label everything.

     *Show or tell what you do and why.

      *Characteristics of Quality work.  Complete and organized.  Show your path.

      *If you are printing this from the website, make sure that the entire problem prints.  It tends to

        lose  several words on the right side.

Place 20 pennies in a row on the table. Replace every fourth coin with a nickel. Now replace every third coin with a dime. Now replace every sixth coin with a quarter. What is the value of the 20 coins now on the table? 

  • Use one of the problem solving methods. 
  • Restate the question in your answer. 
  • Make sure you answer the question.

Andy went to the local supermarket to shop for his mom. He bought 3 loaves of bread at $1.59 a loaf, 5 pounds of bananas at 59 cents a pound, and 2 boxes of cereal at $2.59 a box. He had a 45 cent coupon for 1 box of the cereal, which the store doubled. How much change did he receive from a $20 bill? 

*Use one of our problem solving methods to answer this   

  question.

*Extra Cridit:  Write an equation and solve. 

*Don’t forget to identify a variable.
Alice watched an ant hunting for food. The ant was traveling in a straight line toward a crumb on the floor. Suddenly it turned around and crawled 9 inches back to Alice's shoe. Another ant joined it and together they hurried 11 inches back toward the crumb. The two ants stopped and came back 2 inches toward Alice's shoe. Finally they turned around and raced 5 inches to the crumb. How far was the crumb from Alice's shoe?
  • First draw a diagram, then write an expression and solve. 
  • State your answer clearly and completely. 
  • Use a problem solving method (4 square, 4 step, 5 step) to solve this POW.