• a full basket of apples weighs about 20 pounds
• ten pounds of apples or less costs $0.99 a pound
• more than ten pounds of apples costs $0.85 a pound
• 80 average-sized apples weigh about 40 pounds

At Richard’s local market, apples cost $0.39 each.

Boxes of Cereal

Lily and her little brother Mikey eat different kinds of cereal, but their cereals come in the same size box. Every morning at breakfast, Lily eats four times as much cereal as Mikey does.

One Monday, Lily started with a new full box, while Mikey still had half a box to finish.

Harry put his 4′ long broom in a 36″ long box.

Baking Blackberries

I want to bake blackberry cobbler. The recipe calls for a 9″ pie pan. All I have are rectangular ones.

That’s Interesting

One year, on December 31, Curtis, who doesn’t trust banks, put $1000 in a can and buried it in his back yard. He plans to continue adding $1000 to the can on the last day of each year until he’s ready to retire.

On the same day, Bill invested $1000 in a bank account that will pay 10% interest annually on the last day of the year. Unlike Curtis, he does not plan to continue investing more money each year.

Berries!

I have a blueberry bush with 9 blueberries and a raspberry bush with 7 raspberries. I ate some blueberries and some raspberries. Now there are 4 blueberries and 4 raspberries on my bushes.

Wheels R Us

One fourth of the vehicles at Danielle’s Cycle Shop are tricycles. The rest are bicycles. Danielle counted a total of 45 wheels in her shop.

Lee’s Lawn Chair

Specialist Lee Alejandre, who is 6 feet tall, had leave time from the Army, some of which he spent basking in the sun at Swarthmore College in a couple of different chairs:

Voulez Vous des Voussoirs?

A voussoir is a trapezoidal piece of stone often used to build arches.

Reunion Planning

It’s your ten-year high school reunion and committees have been formed to help plan the celebration. Each committee will meet in person once before the reunion.

Food: Rachel, Angie, Aubrey, Dan, Sean, Ryan
Invitations: Katie, Gavin, Dan, Jason, Ryan
Entertainment: Eric, Kyle, Tosin, Rachel, Julie, Sean
Lodging: Jennifer, Amber, Travis, Tosin, Anne
Decorations: Robert, Travis, Jason, Gavin, Matt
Alumni Directory: April, Zach, Robert, Eric, Matt