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Grantham Math Project

Question 1

Use the given conversion factors to convert the following.

Mr. T has been dating his girlfriend for one year, ten months, and six days. How many hours has Mr. T been in a relationship? (Assume Mr. T put "in a relationship" on Facebook the second they starting dating)

365 days = 1 year

1 month = 30 days

Question 2

Use the given conversion factors to convert the following.

How many ploofs are there in 21 piggles?

7 piggles = 5 cammies

1 cammie = 3 kacks

15 kacks = 28 ploofs


Question 3

Nonsense words taken from the poem Jabberwocky (from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass)

  • There are 20 tumtum trees in the tugley wood
  • In each tugley wood is one frumious Bandersnatch
  • There are 5 slithy toves in 2 borogoves
  • There are 2 mome raths per Jabberwock
  • There are 2 Jubjub birds in 200 tumtum trees
  • There are 200 mome raths in each borogove
  • There are 5 Jubjub birds per slithy tove

If there are 10 frumious Bandersnatches, how many Jabberwocks should there be?