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Free Scenario: Apple Picking #wcydwt

by Annie
September 30th, 2013

Apple Picking

What do you notice in the story below? What are you wondering about? Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts!

Richard went apple picking at a pick-your-own orchard. One of the growers gave him a basket, and in talking with her, he learned:

  • 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.

Bushel Basket

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Free Scenario: Boxes of Cereal #wcydwt

by Annie
September 23rd, 2013

Start your day with some math about a favorite breakfast food. What do you notice in the story below? What are you wondering about? Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts!

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.

box of cereal

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Free Scenario: Boxing Up Harry’s Broom #wcydwt

by Annie
September 16th, 2013


We all know that Harry can be a clever guy! What do you notice in the story below? What are you wondering about? Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts!

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

broom

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Free Scenario: Baking Blackberries #wcydwt

by Annie
September 9th, 2013

Baking Blackberries

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

cobbler

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Free Scenario: That’s Interesting #wcydwt

by Annie
September 2nd, 2013

How many of us remember the double-digit interest rates of the early 1980s? What do you notice in the story below? What are you wondering about? Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts!

That’s Interesting

hourglass and moneyOne 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.

 

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Free Scenario: Berries! #wcydwt

by Annie
August 26th, 2013

The end of the summer is a great time for eating berries of all sorts.

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.

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Free Scenario: Wheels R Us

by Annie
August 19th, 2013

The end of the summer is a great time for a ride around the neighborhood. What do you notice in the story below? What are you wondering about? Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts!

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.

 

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Free Scenario: Lee’s Lawn Chair

by Annie
August 12th, 2013

Those lazy, hazy days of summer are coming to an end in the Northern Hemisphere!  Don’t you wish you could spend another month or two doing what Lee is doing in this free scenario? (What is he doing, anyway?) What do you notice in the story below? What are you wondering about? Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts!

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:

Lee in regular Adirondack chair Lee in GIANT Adirondack chair

dimension larger chair smaller chair
width of seat 57 3/4″ 21″
length of arm 80″ 29 1/2″
front leg 26 1/8″ 9 1/2″
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Free Scenario: Voulez Vous des Voussoirs?

by Annie
August 5th, 2013

You don’t have to speak French in order to Notice and Wonder about this bit of architectural design! Leave a comment to tell us your thoughts (French is optional)!

Voulez Vous des Voussoirs?

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

single voussoir and arch of voussoirs

stone arch

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Free Scenario: Reunion Planning #anyqs #wcydwt

by Max
July 29th, 2013

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

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