Now here's a few word problems to consider...
1. If a mother is moving east across the house, cleaning at a rate of fifteen toys per minute while her two-year-old boy is traveling west, knocking down books and chucking shoes at a rate of...so-many-she-can't-keep-track per second, at what time will mother call it quits and retire on the couch?
2. What is the probability of a mother who's already eaten ten peanut m&m's from the jumbo bag polishing off the rest of those precious morsels if BOTH kids are crying?
3. If a two-year-old has one poopy diaper and the mother only has two hands in which to wrestle down that little alligator on the changing table, how many books, toys, and goofy songs will she need to preoccupy him with until she's finished cleaning up that second viewing of yesterday's lunch at Rubio's?
4. 6. What is the ratio of time a mother spends thinking about sleep to the actual amount of time spent sleeping? Write your answer as a fraction and then go play while mother tests this one out for herself.
5. If a mother DESPERATELY needs a diet coke fix but doesn't want to get out of the car with the kids to go into the grocery store for just one measly item so instead opts for the nearby Del Taco drive-through where a silly little drink that is mostly ice anyways costs a buck fifty which is crazy when you think about how much a whole liter would cost, but, oh well, she's already there, and, oh just PERFECT, she only has a dollar forty-five and that's AFTER scrounging at the bottom of her purse, under her seat, and in the ashtray, what angle in degrees will the smile that she flashes the cashier need to be?
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This is a really clever work of art. I wish I was better at math. Maybe I could give you some pointers!
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