Ouch!
We certainly had some excitement around here last week. It all started when Blake and Will were visiting last weekend. They were riding their bikes when Blake fell and hurt his hand, so he went to the emergency room to check it out. Sure enough, he had a broken finger! After X-rays and a taped up finger, Blake seemed hardly the worse for wear, so we decided to stop by the local ice cream store on the way home.
"Does it hurt much?" asked Will in a worried tone.
"Only when I forget and try to bend it," answered Blake. "I'm glad it's my left hand too, so I can still write."
"What are you thinking about writing at a time like this?" I asked, taking a bite out of my sugar cone.
"Oh, I was thinking of writing Mrs. Hayes. She's on a trip to Washington D.C. and it will be exciting to tell her about my broken finger – especially if I make up a math challenge about it," said Blake, laughing.
I had to admit that this was true. His teacher, Mrs. Hayes just loves math challenges. "As soon as we get home, I'll get some paper and a pen for you. Do you have an idea already?" I asked.
"Yes, in fact I do," said Blake, smiling a bit. "I was listening to the doctor as she was taping up my finger and I got an idea for it."
Here is what Blake wrote to Mrs. Hayes:
Dear Mrs. Hayes,
I fell off my bike and broke one of the finger bones in my left hand. But I have lots more bones in my hands.
Can you figure out how many unbroken bones I have on my hands?
Here are some clues:
I have 2 bones in each thumb.
I have 3 bones in all the other fingers.
I have 2 more palm bones on each hand than finger bones on each finger.
I have 3 more wrist bones on each hand than palm bones on each hand.
See if your students can figure out the answer and tell how they figured it out!
Blake T.
We certainly had some excitement around here last week. It all started when Blake and Will were visiting last weekend. They were riding their bikes when Blake fell and hurt his hand, so he went to the emergency room to check it out. Sure enough, he had a broken finger! After X-rays and a taped up finger, Blake seemed hardly the worse for wear, so we decided to stop by the local ice cream store on the way home.
"Does it hurt much?" asked Will in a worried tone.
"Only when I forget and try to bend it," answered Blake. "I'm glad it's my left hand too, so I can still write."
"What are you thinking about writing at a time like this?" I asked, taking a bite out of my sugar cone.
"Oh, I was thinking of writing Mrs. Hayes. She's on a trip to Washington D.C. and it will be exciting to tell her about my broken finger – especially if I make up a math challenge about it," said Blake, laughing.
I had to admit that this was true. His teacher, Mrs. Hayes just loves math challenges. "As soon as we get home, I'll get some paper and a pen for you. Do you have an idea already?" I asked.
"Yes, in fact I do," said Blake, smiling a bit. "I was listening to the doctor as she was taping up my finger and I got an idea for it."
Here is what Blake wrote to Mrs. Hayes:
Dear Mrs. Hayes,
I fell off my bike and broke one of the finger bones in my left hand. But I have lots more bones in my hands.
Can you figure out how many unbroken bones I have on my hands?
Here are some clues:
I have 2 bones in each thumb.
I have 3 bones in all the other fingers.
I have 2 more palm bones on each hand than finger bones on each finger.
I have 3 more wrist bones on each hand than palm bones on each hand.
See if your students can figure out the answer and tell how they figured it out!
Blake T.
13 comments:
He has 2 bones per thumb. He has 3 bones per fingers and with 4 fingers per hand. 3x4=12 fingers per hand. His plam bones are 2 more then each finger. 2+3 palm bones per hand. His wrist has 3morebones than pam bone. 3+5=8 wist bones per hand. 2+12+5+8=27oes per hand. 27x2 ands= 54 total bones 4-1=53 not broken bones.
2x2=4 thumb bones
3x8=24 finger bones
5x2=10 palm bones
8x2=16 wrist bones
54 total bones
-1 broken bone
=53 unbroken bones
45 bones in one hand
90 bones in both hands together.
Blake Tabor
Ouch
2 bones in each thunb
3 bones in each finger
2 more palm bones than finger bones
3 more wrist bones on each hand than palm bones
So Blake had 24 bones not broken
Genesis
OUCH!!
By: Bekah Phillips
I have 2 bones in each thumb.
I have 3 bones in all other fingers
I have 5 palm bones in each hand
I have 8 wrist bones in each hand
EXPLINATION:
It says that he has 3 bones in all fingers, exept for the thumb. And it says that he has 2 more palm bones than finger bones, so I added 3 bones in the finger by 2 more bones in the palm, and you get 5 palm bones plus 3 and you get 8 wrist bones.
Blake has 24 unbroken bones
Blake has 24 unbroken bones
By sidney collins
i posted without my name on it before this one so i did it agian
the answer is 26
2+(3*4)(3+2)(3+2+3)=27-1=26
By: THE SUPER MODERATOR OF THE WORLD
From Daniel,
the answer is 89 bones
He's got 53 bones that aren't broken.
DAKOTA SHUGARS
54 fingers are not broke.
Thumb Bones- 4
Finger Bones- 24
Palm Bones- 10
Wrist Bones- 16
Blake has 54 unbroken bones on his hand because the number of thumb bones, finger bones, palm bones, and wrist bones added together has a total of 54 bones.
-Samyuth Pinnegar
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