Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Snow Day Challenge 3/4

The drill is the same - e-mail me your response today at alison.white@fayette.kyschools.us or bring it to me on paper tomorrow morning before 9:05. 5 points for a reasonable answer, 10 points for a correct reasonable answer!

Challenge 3/4:

Mary McDonald makes mugs in Miami. She makes two sizes of mugs: a small mug that she sells for $2.50 and a large mug that she sells for $5.75. Yesterday Mary made $56. Before she opened her shop in the morning, she had 200 mugs in her inventory. At the end of the day she has 188. How many mugs of each price did she sell? 

Monday, March 3, 2014

Snow Day Extra Credit 3/3

The drill is the same - e-mail me your response today at alison.white@fayette.kyschools.us or bring it to me on paper tomorrow morning before 9:05. 5 points for a reasonable answer, 10 points for a correct reasonable answer!

Today's challenge:
It is the grand opening of a local supermarket. Every 5th customer will receive a coupon for a free turkey and every 7th customer will receive a coupon for a free half gallon of ice cream. If 400 customers come in on opening day, how many will get a free turkey and a free half gallon of ice cream?