Texas schools have come up with math curriculum that is useful to the student population in their everyday lives and which they actually want to learn.
Texas schools are finally starting to teach practical math that these kids can use in real-world situations!
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1. Bobby Ray got 4 quarters, a dime, 3 nickles and some pennies. Daryl got 3 quarters, some pennies and a Moon Pie. Who won the Texas Lottery, Bobby Ray or Daryl?
2. Darla Jean wants to make her husband Junior a nice white robe for meetins and such. Junior is 5' 3¼" tall. Darla Jean is at the neighborhood WalMart. What size white bed sheet should she buy to make Junior's robe and still have enough material left over to make a matching hood, without spending more than her weekly allowance?
3. Luella Mae, Cletus Areetus Allrightus and their four childrens lived in a 12' x 40'' mo-bīle home. Luella Mae made Cletus promise to get them into a double-wide before their wedin' come next October. Cletus plans on building an add-on thing to their trailer. How much more will Cletus have to add to the width of their current trailer to achieve double-wide status?
4. Jimmy Bob been having sexual ree-lations with his sister Sarah Jane and his ½ sister Tarah Shane. What are the odds of him fathering a ree-tard with Sarah Jane compared to Tarah Shane?
5. Billy "Pork Shoulder" Swinert is wantin' to buy some 40x15.5 R22 mudders fur his pick-um-up-truck. What effect will these tires and wheels have on his speed-o-meter and that thang that counts them miles?
Two Part Bonus Question:
1. Chester and Lester the Bester twins got a deal on twenty, 8 foot 2x4s. The Bester twins want to make crosses from them 2x4s. How many 8' tall by 4' wide crosses can the twins make from their lumber purchase?
2. Just for fun the twins want to plant these crosses in a few select colored folks' yards and light them on fire. How many gallons of gasoline will the twins need to get each cross to burn for a minimum of 10 minutes?
Texas schools are finally starting to teach practical math that these kids can use in real-world situations!
NAME_______________ ___________________
MIDDLE NAMES_______________ ________
TRAILER COURT_______________ ___________________
1. Bobby Ray got 4 quarters, a dime, 3 nickles and some pennies. Daryl got 3 quarters, some pennies and a Moon Pie. Who won the Texas Lottery, Bobby Ray or Daryl?
2. Darla Jean wants to make her husband Junior a nice white robe for meetins and such. Junior is 5' 3¼" tall. Darla Jean is at the neighborhood WalMart. What size white bed sheet should she buy to make Junior's robe and still have enough material left over to make a matching hood, without spending more than her weekly allowance?
3. Luella Mae, Cletus Areetus Allrightus and their four childrens lived in a 12' x 40'' mo-bīle home. Luella Mae made Cletus promise to get them into a double-wide before their wedin' come next October. Cletus plans on building an add-on thing to their trailer. How much more will Cletus have to add to the width of their current trailer to achieve double-wide status?
4. Jimmy Bob been having sexual ree-lations with his sister Sarah Jane and his ½ sister Tarah Shane. What are the odds of him fathering a ree-tard with Sarah Jane compared to Tarah Shane?
5. Billy "Pork Shoulder" Swinert is wantin' to buy some 40x15.5 R22 mudders fur his pick-um-up-truck. What effect will these tires and wheels have on his speed-o-meter and that thang that counts them miles?
Two Part Bonus Question:
1. Chester and Lester the Bester twins got a deal on twenty, 8 foot 2x4s. The Bester twins want to make crosses from them 2x4s. How many 8' tall by 4' wide crosses can the twins make from their lumber purchase?
2. Just for fun the twins want to plant these crosses in a few select colored folks' yards and light them on fire. How many gallons of gasoline will the twins need to get each cross to burn for a minimum of 10 minutes?
