Wednesday, June 19, 2013


1.)  Using a tap or filled pool or a magical waterfall, a three gallon container and a five gallon container, can you measure exactly 4 gallons, you may empty the containers down the drain or on the ground or back into the pool?  Explain why or why not.  You can't guess or estimate.

1-You can't guess or estimate.

2.)  Jack has three daughters and each has one brother. How many children does Jack have?

2- 6

3.)  Three teachers were discussing how long they had been teaching.
Adam and Betty had been teaching for a total of 36 years.
Charleen and Betty had been teaching for a total of 22 years.
Charleen and Adam had been teaching for a total of 28 years.

How long had each been teaching?

3-Adam and Betty have been teaching for 18 years, Charleen and Betty have been teaching for 11 years, and Charleen and Adam have been teaching for 14 years. 

4.)  At dawn on Monday a small gecko fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep.
During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches.

On what day did the small gecko finally manage to climb out of the bucket?

4-Next Saturday

5.)  Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a year? By how much?

5-The number of seconds in a week is larger,There are 604,800 seconds in a week and theres 525,600 minutes in a year. 

6.)  If you were to spell out the numbers in full starting with one, (One, Two, Three, etc), how far would you have to go until you found the letter 'A'?

6-One hundred and one.

7.)  Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket and then I spent half of that amount on some new trousers. I was left with $24.50. How much did I spend?

7-$75.50

8.)  If I give you seven Fuji apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have, however, if you give me seven Fuji apples, we will then both have the same number of Fuji apples. How many Fuji apples do I currently have?

8-2.

9.)  An fire ant has six legs, a black spider has eight legs and a field mouse has four legs.  In my backyard zoo, I recently counted 612 legs which came from an equal number of each of these animals.

Can you identify how many animals there are in my zoo?

10.)  What would be the number you get if you divide 400 by 1/2 and add 7?

11.)  Which number is larger, the number of seconds in a day or the number hours in 10 years? By how much?

12.)  Go here.  It's the extra credit problem on the left side of the webpage.  Worth up to 9 points.

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Assignment #31 Free choice

Today Im gonna talk about the great white sharks because its my favorite animal and It has impressive  skills and talents, first of them would be that they can sense a moving object from more than 300 miles. Their can be found in almost every ocean in the world, they usually never attack humans but when they do they get confused with a seal if you are in a surf laying down thats how they get confused.The males great whites  can grow up to (11-13) ft and the females grow up to (15-16) ft. The great white sharks are very strong they are very fast to they can go as fast as 40 kilometers per hour (25 mph).They re bite force of over 18,000 newtonsimgres.jpgimgres.jpgimgres.jpg

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Assignment #29 Use your brain


1.)  Using a tap, a three gallon container and a five gallon container, can you measure exactly 4 gallons, you may empty the containers down the drain?  Explain why or why not.  You can't guess or estimate.


2.)  Jack has three daughters and each has one brother. How many children does Jack have?



3.)  Three teachers were discussing how long they had been teaching.
Adam and Betty had been teaching for a total of 36 years.
Charleen and Betty had been teaching for a total of 22 years.
Charleen and Adam had been teaching for a total of 28 years.

How long had each been teaching?

4.)  At dawn on Monday a small gecko fell into a bucket that was 12 inches deep.
During the day it climbed up 3 inches, however, during the night it fell back 2 inches.

On what day did the small gecko finally manage to climb out of the bucket?

5.)  Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week or the number of minutes in a year? By how much?
Number of seconds in a week (60x60x24x7) = 604,800 sec. per week

Number of minutes in a year (60x24x365) =525,600 min. per year

Therefore the answer should be 'Yes'


6.)  If you were to spell out the numbers in full starting with one, (One, Two, Three, etc), how far would you have to go until you found the letter 'A'?

7.)  Last week I spent half of my money on a new jacket and then I spent half of that amount on some new trousers. I was left with $24.50. How much did I spend?



8.)  If I give you seven Fuji apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have, however, if you give me seven Fuji apples, we will then both have the same number of Fuji apples. How many Fuji apples do I currently have?

9.)  An fire ant has six legs, a black spider has eight legs and a field mouse has four legs.  In my backyard zoo, I recently counted 612 legs which came from an equal number of each of these animals.

Can you identify how many animals there are in my zoo?


10.)  What would be the number you get if you divide 400 by 1/2 and add 7?


11.)  Which number is larger, the number of seconds in a day or the number hours in 10 years? By how much?




Tuesday, June 4, 2013

"I can read It"

If you can raed this, you have a sgtrane mnid, too.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Assignment #24

My score was 23 wpm with one mistake, TypingTest.com - Free Typing Test & Keyboarding Games Online this website is very good because it helps you type faster and with no mistakes it helps you improve you're typing skills and reading skills, It also teaches you how to type correctly and improve that.free online touch typing speed test - wpm words per minute

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Assignment #15 - My Dream Job

My name Is Ryan Abiaca my Dream Job Is to be a marine biologist because I like the animals from the sea like: rays, sharks, dolphins, turtles, seahorses, whales, eels, etc. I also like to be in the water a lot, or just work with all the animals

Assingment #22 - Smoking

1-They think its cool.
2-They want to be cool.
3-They smoke when they are sad or angry.
4-It will eventually kill you and the persons around you.
5-They want to try it.
6-Friend told him or her it was cool to smoke.
7-They see someone they like and they copy him or her.
8-Because they don't know another way to relax or something.
9-They like the smell.
10-They see their brother or sister do it and they do it.

I think people smoke for a lot of reasons one because they see someone else doing It and they think its cool, two they just go with the crowed and do it if everybody is doing it, three they like to have smoke coming out of their mouth.file://localhost/Users/art/Desktop/cig.jpg