Dollar Dealing

Hector says to Larissa, “If you give me $2, we will have an equal amount of money.” Larissa responds, “That’s true, but on the other hand if you give me $2, I will have twice as much money as you.”

Hector says to Larissa, “If you give me $2, we will have an equal amount of money.” Larissa responds, “That’s true, but on the other hand if you give me $2, I will have twice as much money as you.”

Scattered around the house are 100 nuts in 5 bowls.
After Tom’s mother drops Tom off at school, she has to stop at the drug store, the supermarket, and the post office before heading home.

Raquel and Esperanza were asked to count Dr. Dolittle’s ostrichs and pushimi-pullyus. Raquel counted 67 heads, while Esperana counted 134 legs.

Pushmi-Pullyu

Ostrich
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the country. It consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
The Court begins each term on the first Monday in October. Suppose that on that first day, each Justice greets every other Justice by shaking hands exactly once.

A closed rectangular box whose dimensions are 8 feet by 5 feet by 3 feet has 5 feet of water in it.


The steel girders being used to construct a building are 27 feet long. One of the corridors the girders are to be carried down has a 90° turn at the end. The width of the hall before the turn is 8 feet.