Student Quote of the Week

Student quote of the week

' Now my life is complete'...After Shann received the highly anticipated Percy Jackson book!


Monday, September 20, 2010

New EVERYTHING! Cow! Gmat question and fun!

Hi Kids!

First, I wanted to let you know my weekend was very enjoyable because all of us GREATLY improved our COW skills.  I want to give a shoutout to Brittany of 6C for trying so very hard and showing 'YES YOU CAN' to improving and grasping the concept of the Reasoning and Communication problems.

This weeks' cow!
1. Grade 6 K
2. Grade 7 K
3. Grades 6-8 R and C

This week we're starting a new unit in both classes, we kicked it off with a pre-assessment and just you wait to see what's in store for you!

WOOHOO!

GMAT problem of the week -- CAN YOU SOLVE IT?

A trader has two kinds of wheat grains - one that he purchased for $20 per sack, and the other that he purchased for $12.5 per sack. How many sacks of the cheaper wheat should he mix in 50 sacks of the expensive wheat, so that the mixture yields a 33.33% profit when sold at $20 per sack?

(a) 20

(b) 25

(c) 50
(d) 100
(e) 200

7 comments:

  1. thats a hard question Ms.Trivedi FROM DEVON.REALLY NOT ANONYMOUS

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  3. That is a hard question i am still working on it.

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  4. is this a 7th grade standard or a 20th grade standard?
    -Asa

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  5. I say E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I do not feel like writing the whole way i solved it on here, but i will show you the paper i did it on tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i can not believe that i actually solved it - i hope i got it correct

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  6. I GOT THE GMAT QUESTION BUT ILL TELL U IN CLASS SO NO ONE COPIES ME. I GOT IT WITH SOME HELP FIGURING OUT HOW TO SET IT UP BUT I FINISHED SETING IT UP AND DID ALL THE MATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    -asa

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  7. the anser is e-dylan

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