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Math Skills

Posted: 2/13/07 10:36pm Message 1 of 3
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Glad to see that schools are finally starting to teach practical math that

>these kids can use is real-world situations! It's about time!!!!
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>NAME____________________
>
>GANG NAME______________
>
>
>1. Ramon has an AK-47 with a 30-round clip. He usually misses 6 out of
>every
>10 shots and he uses 13 rounds per drive-by shooting. How many drive-by
>shootings can Ramon attempt before he has to reload?
>
>2. Leroy has 2 ounces of cocaine. If he sells an 8 ball to Antonio for
>$320
>and 2 grams to Juan for $85 per gram, what is the street value of the rest
>of his hold?
>
>3. Dewayne pimps 3 ho's. If the price is $85 per trick, how many tricks
>per
>day must each ho
>turn to support Dewayne's $800 per day crack habit?
>
>4. Raul wants to cut the pound of cocaine he bought for $40,000 to make
>20%
>profit. How many ounce bags will he need to make to obtain the 20% profit?
>(hint: use information from question 2 to derive an estimated street price
>for an ounce)
>
>5. Desmond gets $200 for a stolen BMW, $150 for stealing a Corvette, and
>$100 for a 4x4. If he steals 1 BMW, 2 Corvettes and 3 4x4's, how many more
>Corvettes must he steal to have $900?
>
>6. Pedro got 6 years for murder. He also got $10,000 for the hit. If his
>common-law wife spends $100 of his hit money per month, how much money
>will
>be left when he gets out?
>
>7. If an average can of spray paint covers 22 square feet and the average
>letter is 3 square feet,
>how many letters can be sprayed with
>3 - 8 oz. cans of spray paint with 20% paint left over?
>
>8. Tyrone knocked up 4 girls in the gang. There be 20 girls in his gang.
>What is the exact percentage of girls Tyrone knocked up?
>
>9. LaShaunda is a lookout for the gang. LaShaunda also has a Boa
>Constrictor
>that eats 5 rats per week at a cost of $5 per rat. If LaShaunda makes $700
>a
>week as a lookout, how many weeks can she feed the Boa on one week's
>income?
>
>10. Marvin steals Juan's skate board. As Marvin skates away at 15 mph,
>Juan
>loads his .357 Magnum. If it takes Juan 20 seconds to load his piece, how
>far away will Marvin be when he gets whacked?
 



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Math Skills

Posted: 2/16/07 5:30am Message 2 of 3
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If Juan in # 10 has the same accuracy rate as Ramon in #1, will he be able to hit Marvin before he turns the corner?





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Posted: 3/6/07 8:05pm Message 3 of 3
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#5. Desmond, is working way tooooooooooooo hard for that little amountLOL WETVET2007-03-06 20:05:34


 
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