Mr. Boyd put out a bowl of jelly beans in the staff room at lunch. By recess they were all gone! If Mrs Blanch at half of them, Mrs Quill ate a Quarter of them, Mrs T ate one and Mr Kirk ate three, how many jelly beans were in the bowl to begin with?
Investigation
Visit the following Sites and their Catalogues.
1. Purchase 5 items and get the LEAST change from $250. 2. Purchase 10 items and get your total between $150 and $800. 3. Make two purchases – one of 10 items and one of 5 items. The totals must be within $5 of each other. 4. Purchase 5 items for your teacher. 5. Purchase 5 non-food and 5 food items which are within $1 of each other. 6. Purchase 6 items which will give you less than $10 change from $100. 7. Find five items less than $20 each and put them in ascending order/descending order. 8. Purchase a pair of items that will make $2, and another pair which will make $3 and go up to $10 (or $20) 9. Purchase 3 items at a time – but the total must be $2, then $3, then $4 and so on. 10. Purchase any 5 items. Purchase another 5 items so the total is one half of your first purchase.