Kludge
03-13-2008, 05:54 PM
This is from the 2008 Michigan Merit Exam's math portion.
You get no cited source, no page number, no booklet number. Just my word ;)
But, here's one of the questions from Michigan's Math exam for juniors, paraphrased.
You are planning a temporary labor camp. If each person is allotted 20 square feet of floor space, approximately how many people can fit into the camp by filling the following rooms?
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_________| Length | | Width |
Cafeteria ___70 ft. ____70 ft.
Room #1 ___40 ft. ____50 ft.
Room #2 ___30 ft. ____40 ft
You get no cited source, no page number, no booklet number. Just my word ;)
But, here's one of the questions from Michigan's Math exam for juniors, paraphrased.
You are planning a temporary labor camp. If each person is allotted 20 square feet of floor space, approximately how many people can fit into the camp by filling the following rooms?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
_________| Length | | Width |
Cafeteria ___70 ft. ____70 ft.
Room #1 ___40 ft. ____50 ft.
Room #2 ___30 ft. ____40 ft