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Mrs.
Bird 's class at Van Cortlandtville wrote these problems. E-mail
the class your solutions! sbird@lakelandschools.org |
Hello,
I am a musher in the famous Iditarod. I
have fifteen good strong dogs. Altogether they need sixty fleece
booties at $2.50 each. They also need fifteen dog jackets. They
each cost twenty-three dollars and fifty cents. I have two
hundred dollars. Can I buy all the gear? If not, how
much more money do I need? If I do have enough, what is the
amount of change I get back?
By David in
Mrs. Bird’s class
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I am a musher
in the famous Iditarod race. I have 17 dogs.
I’d like to buy 1 dog jacket for each of my dogs. They
cost $23.50 each. I would also like to buy 1 dog blanket for
each of my furry friends. They cost $5.00 each. I have two hundred
dollars. Do I have enough money for these items? If I don’t
have enough, how much more do I need? If I have enough money,
how much change will I get back?
By Jaclyn in Mrs.
Bird’s
class
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I am a musher
in the famous Iditarod race. I have 16 dogs.
I’d like to buy 1 $1.00 flashing collar for my lead dog. I
need to see him in the darkness of Alaska. I would also like
to buy 64 special order booties. They cost $3.75 each. I have
two hundred dollars. Do I have enough money for my furry friend’s
equipment? If I have enough money, how much more money do I
need? If I do, how much change do I get back?
By Kim in Mrs.
Bird’s class
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I am a musher
in the famous Iditarod race. I
have 14 dogs. I’d like to buy 14-lighted collars at $11.00
each. I would also like to buy 14 dog blankets for $5.00 each
for my furry friends. I have $165.00. Do I have enough money
for these items? If I don’t have enough money, how much
more money do I need? If I have enough money, how much change
will I get back?
By Teresa in
Mrs. Bird’s class
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I am a musher in the famous Iditarod race. I have 16
dogs. I’d like to buy 32 special order booties at $3.75
each. I also would like to buy 16 dog blankets at $5.00. I have two
hundred dollars. Do I have enough money for these items? If
I don’t have enough money, how much more money do I need? If
I have enough money, how much change will I get back?
By
Michael in Mrs. Bird’s class
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Mrs.
Murphy 's
class at Ben Franklin wrote these problems. E-mail the class
your solutions! mmurphy@lakelandschools.org |
| Zack
Steer is 118 miles ahead of Jeff King in the Iditarod race. Jessica
Royer is 1,000 miles ahead of Jeff King. How many miles ahead of Zack
Steer is Jessica Royer?
~by Zach and Dagli
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Jeff King is doing
really well in the Iditarod race. He knew he was somewhere between
1st and 5th place. Follow these clues to find out what place he is
in:
- The place number
is less than 4.
- The place number
is greater than 1.
- The place number
is not equal to 2.
What place is Jeff King in?
~by Nick and Brian R.
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| There
were 70 dogs in the Iditarod race. Ten more joined the race Then 5
dogs got hurt and quit so they decided to put 20 more dogs in. Then
2 got hurt. How many dogs are in the race now?
~by Cyenna, Karol
and Toni
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There are 1,121 miles in the Iditarod race. Jessica Royer travels
about 5 minutes each mile. About how long did it take Jessie to finish
the race? Write your answer using hours and minutes.
~by Nicole T. and
Sarah P.
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Rick Swenson left Anchorage at 11:05 a.m. and arrived at Eagle Island
at 1:23 p.m. How long did it take Rick Swenson to get to Eagle Island from
Anchorage?
~by Jack and C.J.
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In the beginning of the Iditarod race there were 81 mushers. After
2 days, 7 dropped out and 2 more joined in. After 5 days, 6 more dropped
out. How many mushers were left?
~by Lydia and Kelly
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Martin Buser arrived at White Mountain at 3:11 a.m. Then he got to Safety
at 7:14 p.m. The next day he gets to Nome at 12:18 p.m. How long did
it take Martin Buser to get from White Mountain to Nome?
~by Stephen, Austin and Trevor
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There are 50 mushers. Each musher has 8 dogs. If 4 mushers and their
dogs were scratched, and 9 more mushers and their dogs came in, how many
dogs and mushers are there now?
~by Ayanna, Myra, and Gina |
Jeff
King is 32 miles away from Nome. If it's 12:42 in military time and it's
13:30 military time when he gets to Nome, how long did it take him to
get to Nome? Pleas answer in regular and military time.
~by Kevin, Brian
M. and Declan
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There
were 4 mushers named Jessie Royer, Jeff King, Zack Steer and Jason
Baron. They each ran with bib numbers 540, 890, 320 or 680. Jessie
Royer's number does not have a 4 in the tens place. Jeff King's number
does not have an 8 it it. Zach Steer has an odd number in the hundred's
place. Jessie Royer's number is not less than 700. Zach Steer's number
is 350 more than Jessie's number. Jeff King's number is 340 less than
Jason Barron's number. List each musher and their bib number.
~Kerri,
Sandra, and Bianca
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