Chapter 1 – Draw a Diagram – Day 2

POD – The Elevator Problem

Put a couple of solutions on transparency, discuss and compare

Discuss Questions over problems 2, 3, 7, and/or 10

Pop Quiz - Cookie Exchange

IN CLASS #11 Circular Table

In Amanda and Emily’s apartment, a round table is shoved into the corner of the room. The table touches the two walls at points that are 17 inches apart. How far is the center of the table from the corner?

IN CLASS #12 Hungry Bookworm

The four volumes of The World of Mathematics by James R. Newman are sitting side by side on a bookshelf, in order, with volume 1 on the left. A bookworm tunnels through the front cover of volume 1 all the way through the back cover of volume 4. Each book has a front cover and a back cover that each measure 1/16 inch. The pages of each book measure 1 1/8 inches. How far does the bookworm tunnel?

IN CLASS The Merry-Go-Round

There are twelve horses on the merry-go-round evenly spaced on the outside perimeter. It took four seconds for the fourth one to reach Abe (starting when the first one was opposite him). How long will it take th merry-go-round to go around once.

IN CLASS #15 The Weight of a Brick

If a brick balances with three-quarters of a brick and three-quarters of a pound, then how much does the brick weigh?

IF TIME – in Class

#6 Dangerous Maneuvers or #9 Haywire

Assignment - POD – Count the Squares

Homework: Try #9, #13, #16 Chapter 2 – Read pgs. 25 thru top of 32. Page 40 #6